By Canadian Press

Police working to identify motive in ‘horrendous’ Vaughan condo mass shooting

Dec 20, 2022 | 1:03 AM

VAUGHAN, Ont. — Police north of Toronto are working to determine the motive in what they’ve called a “horrendous” shooting at a condo that left five people, plus the suspected gunman, dead.

York Regional Police say Francesco Villi’s victims at the high-rise building in Vaughan, Ont., on Sunday night included three members of the building’s condo board.

Court documents indicate the 73-year-old had a lengthy history of threatening members of the board and believed they had a conspiracy to “systematically murder” him.

Police say a sixth shooting victim – the wife of a board member – remained in hospital with serious injuries.

The force also says Villi shot the victims in three different units in the building before an officer shot and killed him.

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Ontario’s police watchdog has said the suspected gunman was a resident of the building and used a semi-automatic handgun on his victims.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Dec. 20, 2022.

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