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Police identify 2 out of 3 killed in North York shooting

Toronto police have identified two out of three peoplekilled in a shooting at a North York business on Monday.

Arash Missaghi, 54, of Toronto, and Samira Yousefi, 44, of Concord, were killed Monday

Police identify victims of triple fatal shooting in North York

3 months ago
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Toronto police have identified two of the three victims of a fatal shooting inside an office space in a building near Don Mills and Mallard roads on Monday. CBCs Dale Manucdoc spoke to people who work at that building.

Toronto police have identified two out of three peoplekilled in a shooting at a North York business on Monday.

The victims are Arash Missaghi, 54, of Toronto, and Samira Yousefi, 44, of Concord, police said in a news release on Tuesday. Photos of the victims have not been released by police.

Police said the third person who died, a 46-year-old man, is believed to be responsible for the killing. He was not named in the release.

Police said they were called to a business on Mallard Road, near Don Mills Road, at about 3:35 p.m. They said they believe there was an altercation at the business priorto the shooting.

When officers arrived, they found three people dead.

According to a Toronto Star report dated March 6, 2018,an Arash Missaghiwas previouslycharged in connection with a$17-million mortgage fraud case.

His charges included fraud exceeding $5,000, conspiracy to commit an indictable offence, being an accessory after the fact to an indictable offence anduttering forged documents.

Arash Missaghi, a businessman who has been named alongside Golnaz Vakili in several civil suits containing allegations of mortgage fraud, poses for a photo in his office. Missaghi was shot and killed in Toronto.
Arash Missaghi poses in his office in this 2013 image taken by a Toronto Star photojournalist. (Randy Risling/Toronto Star via Getty Images)

CBC Toronto has not independently verifieddetails of the Star report.

Monday's shooting happened near a daycare and a school, both of which were locked down. Once police's emergency task force and canine units swept the building, the children were allowed to leave.

Police said anyone with information is urged to come forward.