Published: January 07, 2026 at 6:39AM EST
Toronto Police released an image of 20 year-old Shivank Avasthi as the victim in an alleged fatal shooting near the University of Toronto’s Scarborough Campus.
Toronto police will be providing an update Wednesday on the fatal shooting of a 20-year-old man near the University of Toronto’s Scarborough campus last month.
The shooting occurred at around 3:30 p.m. on Dec. 23 near Highland Creek Trail and Old Kingston Road.
Police said Shivank Avasthi was pronounced dead at the scene and the suspect fled prior to the arrival of officers.
Wednesday’s news conference will be held at 10:30 a.m. at Toronto police headquarters and will be streamed live on CTVNews.ca, CP24.com, the CTV News app, the CP24 app.