Three people are dead and two others have been injured following a daylight incident involving a crossbow in the Scarborough Village area.
Const. David Hopkinson said police and paramedics were called to an address near the corner of Lawndale and Argo roads, northwest of Kingston and Markham roads, sometime before 1 p.m.
He said police arrived to find one man suffering from stab wounds, and two other people who had been shot with a crossbow.
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Police and paramedics are seen after a crossbow attack on a street in the Scarborough Village area. (Chopper 24)
Paramedics later said that two adult males and one adult female were pronounced dead on scene. The nature and severity of injuries to the two other victims are not yet known.
One person has been taken into custody in connection with the case.
Hopkinson said it is too early to say whether the shooting was intentional or accidental.
Homicide detectives have set up a large perimeter and reports form the scene indicate that three homes are part of the investigation so far.
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