Search for suspects underway after brazen daylight shooting at Sherway Gardens
Posted August 13, 2021 2:59 pm.
Last Updated August 17, 2021 6:06 pm.
Police are searching for suspects after shots were fired between two groups in what officers described as a dispute and “physical altercation” at Sherway Gardens mall in Etobicoke.
Toronto Police responded to the incident just after 2:30 p.m. and the mall was placed in lockdown.
Witnesses tell 680 NEWS they heard a loud bang and were told to evacuate the mall immediately.
Police chief James Ramer says two groups, one consisting of four people and another of six people, got into an argument near the Starbucks, and several shots were fired by what police believe to be one shooter.
No injuries were reported, but Ramer says injuries may have been sustained in the physical altercation between the group of suspects.
“It’s absolutely brazen,” the police chief said. “I suspect that we’ll make some arrests soon.”
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Spokesperson Meaghan Gray says officers do have suspect information and “excellent video surveillance” but have not made any information public at this time
Sherway Gardens was closed for the rest of the evening due to the investigation.
