Police have released security camera footage of three men wanted in the murder of an eighteen-year-old boy.

William Junior Appiah was shot dead on a basketball court near the Jane Street and Finch Avenue area Tuesday.

Homicide detective sergeant Gary Grinton says that Police believe that Appiah was targeted in this shooting.

"He was approached by three people, it was conversation... one person produced a firearm and shot Mr Appiah."

Grinton says the teenager was playing basketball before he was shot.

The suspects are described as male, black, in their late teens and at least two were seen wearing hoodies.

You can view the security camera footage through a link in the police press release linked here.

Police ask that anyone with information about the shooting contact Crime Stoppers at 416-222-TIPS.