One person is dead and two others are in hospital after a break-in at a Mississauga home early Tuesday morning ended in gunfire, Peel police say.
Officers were called to the home near Central Parkway and Joan Drive, west of Hurontario Street, for a weapons dangerous call at around 3:45 a.m.
Speaking to reporters at the scene, Const. Mandeep Khatra said police arrived at the residence and found one person suffering from obvious signs of trauma. The victim, a man in his 50s, was transported to a trauma centre where he was pronounced dead.
Two other men were also located at the scene and transported to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
Khatra said police are still trying to piece together what transpired, but investigators believe that as many as three suspects forced their way inside the residence before an “altercation” took place.
At some point, a firearm was used, Khatra said, adding that …