Woman dead after stabbing in parking lot near shopping mall in Toronto

TORONTO — Police say a woman is dead after a stabbing in a parking lot near a shopping mall in Toronto.

Toronto police say it happened just after 9:30 a.m. in the area of Parkway Forest Drive and Sheppard Avenue East near CF Fairview Mall in North York.

They say officers found a woman with stab wounds in a commercial parking lot.

Police say the woman was rushed to hospital where she was pronounced dead.

They say the homicide and missing persons unit is now investigating the case.

The stabbing marks the city’s second homicide near a shopping mall today, following an early-morning shooting that left a man dead near Yorkdale Mall.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published July 17, 2025.

The Canadian Press