Overview
- Officers responded around 3:34 p.m. Tuesday and found Avasthi with a gunshot wound near Highland Creek Trail and Old Kingston Road; he was pronounced dead at the scene.
- Toronto police say the suspect or suspects had left the area before officers arrived, and no arrests or suspect details have been released.
- The case is being led by the Toronto Police homicide unit, and investigators are appealing for information from witnesses or anyone with footage.
- UTSC placed the campus in lockdown from 4:29 to 5:32 p.m., then lifted shelter-in-place guidance while advising people to avoid the Highland Creek Valley and the Valley parking lot.
- Police initially cited Military Trail and Old Ring Road before clarifying the scene location, and the death is recorded as Toronto’s 41st homicide of 2025.