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Police said the shooting happened around 2 a.m. (0600 GMT) and
officers responding to the incident found a man with a gunshot
wound who was taken to a hospital. A suspected shooter was
spotted and the individual fled in a vehicle.
Speaking to reporters in front of Drake's home in Toronto's
lavish Bridle Path neighborhood, often dubbed "Millionaires
Row," Inspector Paul Krawczyk said the investigation was at an
early stage and information was very limited.
Police had not yet established a motive behind the shooting and
details of the shooter or the vehicle were not yet available,
Krawczyk said.
The wounded man, a security guard who was standing outside the
mansion gates, was still in the hospital in serious condition,
he said. Krawczyk could not confirm whether Drake was at home at
the time of the incident but said police were in contact with
his team, which was cooperating.
Asked if the incident was linked to an ongoing feud between
Drake and American rapper Kendrick Lamar, Krawczyk said he was
aware of it, but said it was too early in the investigation to
assign any motive and declined to comment further.
Lamar, who has won 17 Grammy awards, escalated his musical
battle with Drake over the past week by releasing a three "diss"
tracks in 36 hours, according to Variety. The video of the last
of the three songs, "Not Like Us," featured aerial view of
Drake's Toronto mansion.
The song, which has over 23 million views on Lamar's YouTube
channel, prompted some fans to add an "Owned by Kendrick" label
to Drake's Toronto house on Google Maps, according to the
National Post newspaper. The label has since been taken down.
Representatives for Drake and Lamar did not immediately respond
to requests for comment.
(Reporting by Ismail Shakil in Ottawa; Additional reporting by
Alicia Powell; Editing by Bill Berkrot, David Gregorio and
Jonathan Oatis)
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