Toronto shooting: gunman kills five in residential unit

Police in Canada shoot dead suspect after receiving reports of an active male shooter in Vaughan on Sunday night

Five people have been shot and killed in a residential unit in a Toronto suburb before the gunman was killed by police, authorities have said.

Police were called to a residential building in Vaughan, Ontario, at about 7.20pm on Sunday to reports of an active male shooter who had shot several victims at a condo in Vaughan, Ontario.