Two people have critical injuries after they were shot in the parking lot of a Mississauga school overnight, police say.
Peel Regional Police said officers responded to Montevideo Road and Lorca Crescent, in the Glen Erin Drive and Battleford Road area, at 11:10 p.m. Wednesday.
Two males were shot and transported to hospital in life-threatening condition, police said.
Paramedics told Global News they were called to the scene but that call was then cancelled, with the two patients having been taken to hospital in a civilian car.
Police said the shooting took place in the parking lot of a nearby school and said there would be a heavy police presence into the day.
Settlers Green Public School is located at the scene.
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