Shooting at rapper's mansion leaves security guard with life-threatening injuries
Police are investigating a shooting at the Toronto mansion of Canadian rapper Drake.
Drake was not injured in the shooting. File pic: Reuters
A security guard, who had been standing outside the gates of the property, was taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries after the attack.
Police at the scene of the shooting. Pic: Reuters
The shooting happened early on Tuesday morning, soon after 2am local time (7am UK time) near Bayview Avenue and Lawrence Avenue in the affluent Bridle Path neighbourhood.
Pic: Reuters
A suspect fled the scene in a vehicle, police said in a post on X.
A representative for the Toronto-born five-time Grammy award winner said Drake was not injured, Sky’s partner network NBC News reported.
Police said they could not confirm if Drake was at home at the time of the incident.
But they were “in contact with his team and they are cooperating”, Inspector Paul Krawczyk said.
Police said they were investigating the incident and had not yet established a motive.
Canadian broadcaster CBC reported a police source as saying the guard appeared to have been shot in a drive-by attack.
It added that according to the initial report, the man suffered a gunshot wound to the upper chest and was unconscious when officers arrived.
Kendrick Lamar. File pic: Reuters
The victim then underwent surgery in hospital, CBC added.
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