Suspected gunman among 3 dead in Toronto office shooting, police say

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Toronto police say a shooting that took place in the lobby of an office building on Monday afternoon left three dead.

Toronto police said gunshots were heard around Don Mills Road and Mallard Road just before 3:30 p.m.

Police initially said three people had been injured and paramedics told Global News nobody was transported from the scene.

Later, investigators confirmed three adults had been killed.

Speaking at the scene on Monday evening, Toronto police Det. Sgt Al Bartlett said two men and a woman had died but declined to identify them further.

“What I can say is that we believe the individual responsible for this shooting is among the deceased,” he said, suggesting the person police believe was the shooter was male.

Bartlett said the police think the shooting took place in a business and that the altercation that led up to it was “in relation” to the business.

He said there were a number of businesses housed within the building but that the business where the shooting took place may have been handling financial transactions.

Sharokh Biniyaz, a photographer and graphic designer who has an office in the same building, said he had heard gunshots and an argument.

“I didn’t know what it was, thought it was maybe a circuit breaker or something because it was really loud,” he said.

“I came out of my office and I heard some arguments in the reception … I went back to my desk and sat down, and I heard the second bang after two minutes.”

Biniyaz said at that point he walked out of his office again, heard a quarrel and then left the building through a back door.

“I called 911 — police came, quite fast,” he said.

Biniyaz said that when police arrived — but before they could enter the building — he heard “four, five, maybe six