Toronto police are searching for a damaged black pickup truck after a passenger vehicle was rammed and shot at in North York on Monday, leading to a rollover, followed by another shooting.
A man and a woman were seriously injured in the incident, according to the police.
Duty Insp. Brian Maslowski said officers were called to Yonge Street and Empress Avenue for a report of a shooting at 10:45 a.m.
Maslowski said the incident first began at Willowdale and Cummer avenues, where police believe a black Dodge Ram pickup truck rear-ended a Kia passenger vehicle
Police believe the pickup truck then followed the Kia to the intersection of Willowdale and Bishop avenues. At that point, someone inside the truck shot at the Kia, they say.
After that, the Kia went southbound on Yonge Street to Empress Avenue, crashed and flipped over.
Police say the pickup truck followed the passenger vehicle to that intersection, and that someone inside got out and shot at the Kia again, Maslowski said.
The pickup truck fled southbound on Yonge Street.
“This is a complex investigation,” he said. “There are officers at multiple scenes. They are gathering evidence and speaking to witnesses.”
A close up view of the Kia passenger vehicle after it was rammed and shot at twice and after it flipped over on Monday. (CBC)
Police say the man and woman travelling in the Kia were hurt as a result of the rollover and not gunfire. Both are in hospital and their injuries are non-life-threatening.
Police believe the pickup truck has a broken front window and extensive front-end damage.
Anyone with relevant video or who witnessed anything is urged to contact police.
Police said the intersections of Willowdale Avenue and Yonge Street and Bishop Avenue and Willowdale Avenue have reopened.