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A woman was shot in the back in what police are calling a ‘targeted’ attack after being lured out of her home by a suspect disguised as a construction worker.

Video footage released by York Regional Police shows the gunman ambushing the 41-year-old victim around 5:30 p.m. on January 21 in Markham, Ontario, just north of Toronto.

The suspect, driving a dark Audi A4 sedan, parked outside the victim’s gated residence. 

Dressed in a bright safety vest, a yellow construction helmet, and a blue medical mask, he waited on the snow-covered sidewalk.

The woman, who had just arrived home, encountered the suspect outside. She has not been named and it remains unclear why she was targeted. 

‘We see a male party that’s interacting with our victim, who is pacing back and forth in front of the house,’ York Regional Police spokesperson James Dickson told CP24 News on Wednesday. 

‘There was a conversation that was had.’

The brief exchange led the victim …

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