Srilanka, March 12 -- A 20-year-old woman is dead and a man is badly injured after a double shooting inside a Markham home that police say was targeted and shot at multiple times in the past year.

The shooting happened around 6:30 a.m. Friday at a residence on Solace Road near Highway 48 and Castlemore Avenue, York Regional Police say.

Officers who responded to the shooting found the two adults with gunshot wounds, according to Const. Kevin Nebrija.

The female victim has been identified as 20-year-old Nilakshi Raguthas. Police say she was taken to a trauma centre and pronounced dead a short time after.

The other victim, a 26-year-old man, was taken to hospital with serious but non-life threatening injuries, Nebrija said.

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