A 16-year-old boy was shot in a Scarborough high school parking lot Monday morning, police say, prompting lockdowns at six nearby schools in the moments that followed.
Three of those schools are now in “hold and secure” mode, which means that while outside doors to buildings are locked, “school life continues as normal inside the school,” according to the Toronto District School Board’s website.
Police responded to a shooting around 11:50 a.m. near Midland Avenue and Lockie Avenue.
The boy was taken to hospital with minor injuries, police said.
The shooting happened in the parking lot at Agincourt Collegiate Institute. Students attending the institute can be picked up by parents at Agincourt Recreation Centre, located at 31 Glen Watford Dr., police said.
Police released a suspect description in a post on X, formerly Twitter, on Monday afternoon. Police described him as a boy between 17 and 18 years old, wearing a blue Nike sweater with multiple zippers and dark pants.
The following schools were forced to lock down their facilities following the shooting, Toronto police said:
- Henry Kelsey Senior Public School.
- Sir Alexander Mackenzie Senior Public School.
- Chartland Junior Public School.
- North Agincourt Junior Public School.
- St. Bartholomew Catholic School.
- Iroquois Junior Public School.