“The Toronto Police Service says that on the evening of April 7, police responded to a radio call at a local subway station for a shooting”
21-year-old Indian student Kartik Vasudev was killed after sustaining multiple gunshot wounds following a shooting at the entrance of a subway station in Canada’s Toronto city while on his way to work, according to police here.
He was shot on Thursday evening at the Glen Road entrance to Sherbourne TTC station in St James Town.
Vasudev received medical attention from an off-duty paramedic and was taken to a hospital where he succumbed to his injuries, the Toronto Police Service said in a statement.
The homicide squad of the Toronto Police Service has taken over the investigation.
“We are shocked & distressed at the unfortunate killing of Indian student Kartik Vasudev in a shooting incident in Toronto yesterday,” the Consulate General of India wrote in a statement posted on Twitter on Friday.
“We are in touch with the family and will provide all possible assistance in the early repatriation of mortal remains,” it said.
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar expressed grief at the killing.
“Grieved by this tragic incident. Deepest condolences to the family,” Jaishankar tweeted.
Vasudev’s brother told CP24 news channel he was a student at Seneca College and was taking the subway to his job when he was killed.
He arrived in Canada in January.Seneca College said Vasudev was enrolled in its marketing management programme.