Boy, 16, injured in shooting outside library in Vaughan

CP24.com
June 4, 2019
Joshua Freeman

York Regional police are investigating after a 16--year--old boy was injured in a shooting outside a Vaughan library.

A 16--year--old boy has been taken to hospital following a shooting outside a library in Vaughan.

It happened in the parking lot of the Pierre Berton Resource Library on Rutherford Road, near Islington Avenue, Monday afternoon.

York Regional Police said the teen was transported to hospital with minor injuries.

Police investigate a shooting outside the Pierre Berton Resource Library in Vaughan Monday June 3, 2019.

The library’s parking lot has been cordoned off as police investigate the shooting.

A hold and secure order was briefly in place at nearby Emily Carr Secondary School, but has since been lifted, police said.

In a statement, the City of Vaughan said that both the library and the Al Palladini Community Centre remain open and programs are running at the facilities.