Man suffers serious injuries in east-end shooting

A Toronto Police Service Forensic Identification Services vehicle is seen. CITYNEW/Matt Wilkins

By John Marchesan

Posted May 19, 2024 7:21 am.

Police are investigating after a man was shot outside an east-end home early Sunday morning.

Investigators say two people got into an altercation outside a home on Cotton Avenue in the area of Danforth and Kennedy Roads just before 3 a.m.

One man was shot and has been taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

No immediate suspect description was available.

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