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Man in his 20s found dead at Ajax GO station: Durham police

Durham police say a man in his 20s was found dead at the Ajax GO station parking lot on Sunday night. Commuters should expect delays and limitations on parking spot availability, police said.

Police say they believe the homicide happened between 9 p.m. and 10 p.m. Sunday

Photo showing a police car and a police van in a parking lot.
Durham police say they received a call to the Ajax GO station for an ambulance around 11:30 p.m. Sunday. (Paul Smith/CBC)

Durham police say a man in his 20s was found dead at the Ajax GO station parking lot on Sunday night. 

Police say they received an ambulance call to the station around 11:30 p.m. Sunday. 

Officers arrived at the scene and located a man in his 20s suffering from gunshot wounds.

He was transported to a Toronto-area trauma centre, where he succumbed to his injuries, police said.

Acting Staff Sgt. Joanne McCabe said in an update Monday that police believe the incident happened between 9 p.m. and 10 p.m. Sunday.

"We are currently reviewing all the video surveillance to try to build a timeline," she said. "We got called around 11:30 p.m., but we believe it occurred an hour, an hour and a half before we got here."

Photo showing five yellow evidence markers on the ground outside a station.
There were several evidence markers outside an entrance to the Ajax GO station on Monday morning. (Paul Smith/CBC)

Officers are looking for at least one male suspect who fled the area on foot, said McCabe.

Police say they think this is an isolated and targeted incident. 

McCabe said she believes a train arrived at the station right after the incident. She is asking anyone with information to come forward.

Commuters should expect some delays and limitations on parking availability as the investigation continues, police said. 

Police say this is the region's fourth homicide of 2025.

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Julia Alevato is a producer at CBC News in Toronto. Born and raised in Brazil, she moved to Canada in 2019 to study and pursue her career in journalism. She loves to work on community stories, especially the ones that involve minority groups, gender rights and animals. You can send her an email at julia.alevato@cbc.ca.