A shooting in downtown Toronto Sunday night that ended with a carjacking suspect crashing into an Etobicoke school stemmed from a car rental agreement that had gone wrong, police say.
Officers were called to the area of Sherbourne and Dundas streets just before 9:30 p.m. for reports of gunshots. When they arrived on scene, police said they found a male victim with serious, but non-life-threatening injuries.
In an update Monday, police said that before the shooting took place, the victim and one other individual accompanied their friend, who had rented out their vehicle through an unnamed online marketplace.
Police said the owner of the vehicle had not received last month’s rental payment and decided to retrieve the car. After they located the vehicle, police said the owner contacted the person who originally rented it and arranged for them to hand over the keys.
As the victim, the vehicle’s owner, and their friend stood near the …