More than 40 shots fired in Ajax shooting
Two people suffered serious injuries
Posted on April 30, 2021 by oshawaexpress in CRIME
Durham police say approximately 40 shots were fired and two people were injured during a recent shooting in Ajax.
Durham police responded to a shooting at the intersection of Kingston Road and Harwood Avenue in Ajax on Wednesday, April 28 around 4:20 p.m. When officers arrived on the scene, they located a white sedan south of the intersection with damage caused by bullets.
Police located one 24-year-old female and one 26-year-old male suffering from gunshot wounds. The victims were transported to a Toronto trauma centre with serious but non-life-threatening injuries.
Police were called to the intersection of Kingston Road and Harwood Avenue just before 4:30 p.m. Two parties were involved in an altercation, resulting in more than 40 shots fired at the intersection, police said. Const. George Tudos told CP24 on Thursday that a 24-year-old woman and a 26-year-old man were in a white sedan, and both sustained gunshot wounds. He said that they exited the vehicle in the intersection before it rolled southbound, mounted a curb and ended up pushed up against a restaurant patio. The two were taken to a trauma centre in hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries.
TORONTO Police in Durham Region have released surveillance video of a man who they say lit a tow truck on fire early Friday morning. In a news release, police said they received a report of a vehicle fire on Gamble Drive in Ajax, Ont. at approximately 6:50 a.m. When officers arrived on scene, they said they found a Chevrolet tow truck “fully engulfed in flames.” Firefighters were able to put the fire out and there were no injures reported, police said. Surveillance video of the incident posted by police appears to show the suspect dousing the vehicle with an unknown substance, igniting the flame and then fleeing the scene.