A Toronto police officer was shot Thursday in an early morning raid on a high-rise building.
The operation was related to a national-security investigation into the March shooting of the U.S. Consulate in Toronto, a source with knowledge of the probe told the Globe and Mail. The Globe is not identifying the source because they were not authorized to speak publicly.
Around 5:45 a.m., tactical officers from the Toronto Police and RCMP entered a high-rise on Martha Eaton Way in the northwest end of the city.
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Dozens of vehicles marked and unmarked were involved in the raid, including plain clothes investigators, uniformed officers and ones assigned to canine units. Many tactical officers were armed with assault rifles, handguns, tasers and goggles mounted on helmets.
One officer carried a chainsaw and another carried a battering ram.
About 15 minutes later, paramedics could be seen performing chest compressions on someone, who was brought out of the complex on a stretcher.
Shortly after, a second individual was taken away in another ambulance.
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Police gather by an apartment building on Martha Eaton Way after conducting a raid in Toronto, Thursday.Sammy Kogan/The Globe and Mail
A little before 7 a.m., Toronto Police issued a statement on X staying that an officer was shot at Tretheway and Black Creek Drives. “Officers are conducting a search warrant in the area,” the statement said. “There was an exchange of gunfire. Officer was shot. Officer transported to hospital via emergency run.”
Toronto Inspector Scott Bradbury said they cannot comment on the case as the Ontario Special Investigations unit – which probes cases where civilians have been injured by police – is involved.
Resident Maria Givans said she was getting up to take her dog for a walk when officers told her to head back inside: “It was the fourth floor around 5:40 in the morning.”
She said Toronto residents may know the building because last year eight-year-old Jahvai Roy was killed there.
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The child was hit by stray bullets while sleeping in his bed. Several youths have been charged with his murder.
On March 10, a gunman shot at the exterior of the U.S. consulate in Toronto. Suspects were seen fleeing the scene in a white Honda CR-V.
Last week, a senior Toronto Police intelligence official said the RCMP and Toronto Police continued to look into the U.S. Consulate shooting that occurred in March, when two unidentified gunmen shot the exterior of the building at 4:30 a.m. and fled.
“We are connected with our federal and international partners on that,” Chief Superintendent Katherine Stephenson said.
