Toronto police have identified a 16-year-old teenage boy who died after he was shot inside a Tim Hortons in the city’s east end.
Police said the daytime shooting happened just after 4 p.m. Thursday at the popular coffee shop on Lawrence Avenue East and Bellamy Road North.
Emergency crews found a Kian Sam, 16, suffering from gunshot wounds, police said.
Sam was rushed to hospital where he died from his injuries a short time later.
Insp. Errol Watson told reporters that no other patrons or staff inside the Tim Hortons were injured. He said it was not known how busy the store was at the time of the shooting.
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No suspect description was available.
Sam’s death marks Toronto’s second homicide so far this year.
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