“This city is still very safe,” Toronto Mayor John Tory assured Thursday morning, as three new armed vehicle thefts were recently added to stolen vehicles since the beginning of the year, exceeding the 2021 tally of misdemeanors. this work.
Shortly after the municipal press conference, Toronto police called witnesses to help investigate the series of carjackings, which included three armed robberies in less than two hours, in the North York and Scarborough area.
They are organized criminals, people who endanger the safety of citizens […]I give the police chief my full support to do what he thinks he should docomments by the City mayor claiming he approached the police chief prior to the media coverage generated by Mitch Marner’s false adventures.
Although they have increased since the beginning of the year at a record rate, these vehicle thefts took on another media dimension when the Toronto Maple Leafs star forward stole his Range Rover in Etobicoke on Monday night.
Searching for suspects
provocative an effort to be made to combat itMayor Tory said he made sure the police had actually allocated additional resources to combat the series of dangerous thefts.
He quoted the use of technology, more surveillance … and good old -fashioned police workconfirmed a police spokesman to Radio-Canada, referring to the mobilization of a heist squad.
” Car theft is not right, it is wrong, but potentially endangering people’s lives and endangering the safety of the neighborhood is not something we will accept. “
According to Toronto police spokeswoman Tina-Louise Trépanier, the Modus operandi recent incidents that were repeated on each flight: A Hyundai Elantra car appeared in the victim’s parking lot, the victim was believed to be waiting near his vehicle, then they approached it with the gun pointed and demanded his key.
If the police call on the population to be more vigilant, however they believe these thefts were planned. It is also suggested not to fight or engage [dans ces vols]. They are believed to be extremely dangerous because the attackers are armed.
The wanted suspects were three men in their twenties wearing hooded sweatshirts.
Investigators are asking anyone living in the Sheppard Avenue East and Ecopark Gate area in Scarborough who has CCTV or is driving in the area and has dashcam footage to contact police at 416-808-7350.
With information from Florent Maiorana
Source: Radio-Canada
