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Police have identified 61-year-old Peggy Ann Smith as the victim of a deadly shooting in Toronto’s Riverdale neighbourhood.

Police have identified 61-year-old Peggy Ann Smith as the victim of a deadly shooting in Toronto's Riverdale neighbourhood.

Police were called to the scene (at Don Mount Court and Kintyre Avenue) to investigate reports of gunshots just after 6 p.m. on Saturday.

They say Smith was found with an apparent gunshot wound in an alley behind a house.

She was pronounced dead at the scene.

Police say two young men were seen fleeing toward Dundas Street East.

An autopsy is scheduled for today.

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