Toronto police to provide update on Salsa on St. Clair shooting

Toronto police are expected to provide an update on the Salsa on St. Clair shooting that killed two people and injured several others.

Police Chief Myron Demkiw will be joined by Mayor Olivia Chow for the press conference that is scheduled to begin at 3 p.m.

Two men were killed at the festival during an exchange of gunfire that sent at least four others to a hospital with serious gunshot wounds.

Toronto Police said an estimated 13,000 people were attending the festival when shots rang out shortly after 8 p.m. on Saturday in the area of St. Clair Avenue West and Arlington Avenue.

Witnesses tell CityNews they heard multiple gunshots followed by screams from crowds of people who were running for cover.

The victims have not been identified and no details on suspects have been released at this point.

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