A teen is in serious condition in hospital after being shot outside a Toronto high school, which has been locked down.
The shooting happened just before noon at Bendale Business and Technical Institute near Midland Avenue and Lawrence Avenue.
According to Toronto Const. Wendy Drummond, the male victim was shot in either the abdomen or the chest and suffered "life-threatening injuries.
"At this time we don't have any information on the victim," said Drummond.
Police are looking for a suspect described as "a male, black, 18 to 19 years old, approximately five-foot-eight, and ... last seen going [through] Donwood Park onto Norbury Crescent."
The school has been locked down and police have surrounded the area, looking for the suspect.
"There would have been several witnesses" at the time, said Drummond.
Police say they have no information yet on the possible motive for the shooting.
This week, following last week's start of the new school year, armed police officers began patrolling 27 Toronto high schools, but Bendale is not among them.
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