Person ‘actively shooting’ at cops in Scarborough home

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Police were being shot at by someone bunkered down in a home in Scarborough Tuesday night.

Toronto Police say the incident was happening in the Kennedy Rd. and Eglinton Ave. E. area.

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A “subject inside a house on Shenley Rd. is actively shooting at officers,” Toronto Police tweeted just after 8:45 p.m.

The public was being advised to stay clear of the area as officers were conducting an investigation.

Just before 9:30 p.m., police said in a tweet the scene remained active and Shenley Rd. residents were being asked to shelter in their basements as there was a “large police presence” in the area.