Two suspects sought after multiple shots fired at busy Scarborough intersection, leaving boy injured

Toronto police provide an update on multiple shootings in the city, including the search for two suspects after a 14-year-old was seriously injured.

Two teenagers are wanted after a 14-year-old boy was shot as gunfire broke out at a busy Scarborough intersection Wednesday afternoon.

Toronto police said they received a call for a shooting at Warden Avenue and Lawrence Avenue East just before 4 p.m.

Supt. Paul MacIntyre with the Organized Crime Enforcement Unit told reporters at the scene that the victim hopped on a TTC bus and got into an altercation with two other males on board.

“He quickly stepped off the bus, and when he got off the bus, he was followed by those two suspects. One of those suspects produced a handgun and fired multiple rounds at the 14-year-old boy,” MacIntyre said.

The superintendent noted that the boy was struck once in the leg. Paramedics told CTV News Toronto that the victim was taken to the hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries.

MacIntyre said they do not have a description of the two suspects. However, Toronto police posted on social media that investigators were looking for two Black teenage boys believed to be five-foot-six in height.

Police said one has short dreadlocks and is wearing a red shirt, while the other has a black shirt and a bandana covering his face.

MacIntyre shared that investigators were currently canvassing and reviewing videos in the area.

“We will have video from the TTC bus. We will have video from the local businesses in the area. We have other cameras right here on Lawrence Avenue East,” he said.

‘It’s concerning’

MacIntyre called the shooting troubling, as it happened during the height of rush hour.

“People in the nearby Shoppers Drug Mart heard the shots. People in the area walking on the street heard the shots. Many people in businesses, including the Shoppers Drug Mart, ran to the back of the stores after hearing the shots,” the superintendent said.

“It’s concerning, but we’re certainly all over it.”

MacIntyre said investigators are still trying to determine whether the shooting was targeted or random.

“We are throwing all our resources at this right now, everything that we have, including the kitchen sink, is being thrown at this problem,” he added.

The superintendent is urging those who were in the area at the time who haven’t spoken to investigators to come forward.

“We really can’t be everywhere all the time. So, it’s really the community’s eyes and ears that we really rely on to solve a lot of these crimes. So, we need everybody’s help,” he said.