A 21-year-old Sikh girl was shot dead outside a gas station at Brampton in the Canadian province of Ontario. The Peel Regional Police said the incident occurred at the Petro-Canada gas station on December 3 at 10.40 pm.

The victim, identified as Pawanpreet Kaur, was gunned down with “multiple shots” and died at the scene despite medical assistance.

The police received information about a woman being shot at 10.39 pm, and located the victim with apparent gunshot wounds upon arrival at the scene. Life-saving measures were attempted. However, the victim succumbed to her injuries, the press note said.

Calling it a targeted incident, the police have launched a homicide investigation. No weapon has been recovered so far from the crime scene, the police said.