One particular person is deceased and two others are in hospital after a break-in at a Mississauga dwelling early Tuesday morning led to gunfire, Peel police say.
Officers had been known as to the house close to Central Parkway and Joan Drive, west of Hurontario Avenue, for a weapons harmful name at round 3:45 a.m.
Chatting with reporters on the scene, Const. Mandeep Khatra mentioned police arrived on the residence and located one particular person affected by apparent indicators of trauma. The sufferer, a person in his 50s, was transported to a trauma centre the place he was pronounced deceased.
Two different males had been additionally positioned on the scene and transported to hospital with non-life-threatening accidents.
Khatra mentioned police are nonetheless making an attempt to piece collectively what transpired, however investigators imagine that as many as three suspects pressured their method contained in the residence earlier than an “altercation” passed off.
In some unspecified time in the future, a firearm was used, Khatra mentioned, including that investigators are nonetheless working to find out a motive.
“We’re looking at all different avenues, so it’s very early to give motive, but our investigators will look at every different lead, and hopefully figure out what exactly happened,” he mentioned.
There have been a number of folks inside the house on the time of the incident, Khatra mentioned, although he couldn’t’ present a particular quantity.
Initially, police mentioned the suspects fled on foot however later clarified that they fled in a white-coloured SUV. Nonetheless, no descriptions have been launched.
Police say the suspects fled in a white-coloured SUV after an incident in Mississauga on Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024. (Peel Regional Police)
The murder is certainly one of three that occurred within the Higher Toronto Space in a single day.
Toronto police say one man was stabbed to loss of life close to St. Clair Avenue West and Jane Avenue and one other was shot and killed close to Allen Highway and Lawrence Avenue West. The three incidents are usually not associated.
Police are asking anybody who has info or surveillance video associated to the Mississauga taking pictures to the contact police.
