Toronto police have identified a suspect sought in connection with a shooting in the city’s east end Thursday night.
The victim was shot in a lane on Felstead Avenue, near Danforth and Greenwood avenues, at about 7 p.m., police said.
He remains in an intensive care unit at a Toronto hospital.
Police said there was a verbal dispute involving a group of males, and the suspect left the scene and returned a short time later with a handgun.
During a second confrontation, the victim was shot once in the back, police said.
In a news release issued Friday night, Toronto police identified the suspect as 19-year-old Javell Jackson, of Toronto.
He was last seen in a black 2002 Hyundai Santa Fe with Ontario licence BPBZ 292.
Jackson should be considered armed and dangerous, police said.
Anyone with additional information about the case is asked to call police at 416−808−5500 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 416−222−TIPS (8477).
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