Two people are dead following an early-morning shooting at a park in a quiet neighbourhood in Keswick, York Regional Police say.
Police confirmed just before 11 a.m. that they were investigating a double homicide at Bayview Park.
YRP said theyresponded to the sounds of gunshots at the park just before 7:30 a.m.
“When officers arrived in the area, they located two adult victims in Bayview Park suffering from gunshot wounds. They were pronounced deceased at the scene,” police said in a release.
Images from the scene showed officers and a number of police vehicles at the entrance to the park Wednesday morning.
Police set up a perimeter from Doverdale Drive to the south, Bayview Avenue and The Queensway to the northwest and Fairwood Drive to the east.
“Our Homicide Unit is engaged and are treating this as an isolated incident,” police said. “There is no immediate threat to the public.”
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