Six Shot, Two Dead at Toronto Salsa Festival

Police in Toronto were searching for an active shooter on Saturday night after finding six people with gunshot wounds, two of whom were pronounced dead at the scene.

Officers were called to the Salsa on St Clair festival, an area at St Clair Avenue West near Arlington Avenue that is lined with shops and restaurants, at 8.12pm over reports of a shooting with multiple injuries.

There was no immediate information about the condition of the four remaining injured. Police initially reported that five people had been found with gunshot wounds.

Toronto police said in a X post: “Please avoid the area immediately and follow all directions from police.”

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