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Toronto Campus Shooting Claims Life, Police Seek Witnesses

12/25/2025

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On December 24, 2025, Toronto recorded its 41st homicide after Shivank Avasthi (20) was shot near the University of Toronto Scarborough campus.
Police found Avasthi with a gunshot wound around 3:30 p.m. and he was pronounced dead at the scene.
The suspect fled, prompting a campus lockdown.
York Regional Police seek witnesses to an unprovoked assault in Vaughan in which a male victim was injured by a sharp object.

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Story summary

On December 24, 2025, Toronto recorded its 41st homicide after Shivank Avasthi (20) was shot near the University of Toronto Scarborough campus.
Police found Avasthi with a gunshot wound around 3:30 p.m. and he was pronounced dead at the scene.
The suspect fled, prompting a campus lockdown.
York Regional Police seek witnesses to an unprovoked assault in Vaughan in which a male victim was injured by a sharp object.