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Toronto police have identified a man killed in an overnight shooting linked to a home invasion in Etobicoke.
Matthew Bergart, 30, of Toronto, died in hospital, police cay
Toronto police have identified a man killed in an overnight shooting linked to a home invasion in Etobicoke.
Matthew Bergart, 30, of Toronto, died on Thursday following the shooting in a residential unit in the area of Long Branch Avenue and Lake Shore Boulevard West. Police were called to the unit at about 2:25 a.m.
In a news release on Thursday, police said three people broke into the unit seeking valuables.
Bergart was shot, police said. He was taken to hospital where he was pronounced dead, police said.
Police said the suspects were wearing dark clothing and face coverings, and fled in a white or light-coloured sedan southbound on Long Branch Avenue to Westbound Lake Shore Boulevard West.
Anyone with information is urged to come forward to police.