Man in his 20s dead after shooting in northwest Toronto

A man in his 20s has died in hospital after he was shot in northwest Toronto on Monday night, police say.

Police say they were called to a low-rise apartment building onClearview Heights in the area of Black Creek and Tretheway drivesat about 8:10 p.m.

Officers arrived to finda man with apparent gunshot wounds behind the building in a tenant parking lot, police said in a news release on Tuesday.

Duty Insp. Scott Shutt told reporters on Monday night that police are still investigatingwhere the shooting occurred.

Paramedics rushedthe man to hospital with life-threatening injuries, where he was pronounced dead.

Shutt said police have no information about suspectsand no description of vehicles.

The victim's name and age have not been released. He is Toronto's 72nd homicide victim of the year.

Late Monday night, police wereat the scene speaking to witnesses and reviewing surveillance camera videos.

"It is early in the investigation and we are asking anyone with information to call police at 12 Division,"Shutt said.

The case is now a homicide investigation.