Three adults including suspected shooter are dead at office space near daycare center in Toronto

TORONTO– A man and a woman were shot to death and a man suspected of being the shooter also died Monday in an office space in north Toronto, near a daycare and a school, authorities said.

The shooting prompted the closure of both the daycare and the Catholic boys’ elementary school, and parents rushed to the area to pick up their children.

Detective Sgt. Al Bartlett said the man and woman who were killed worked together in what he described as a financial transaction business.

“We believe at this time that the altercation that took place is related to that business,” Bartlett.

“The person we believe responsible is among the deceased,” he added.

He withheld the identities of the victims and the shooter, saying officials first had to notify their families.

Bartlett declined to comment on whether the suspect committed suicide or died some other way, saying it was still under investigation.

Relieved parents hugged their children tightly after they gathered just outside the police tape at the daycare.

Bartlett said no children were injured. He said there was no access inside the building between the daycare and the business.