Vaughan club shooting probe expands as police identify 2nd gunfire incident, seek suspect
York Regional Police (YRP) have uncovered a second shooting linked to a violent night outside a Vaughan establishment this past summer, and investigators are now appealing for the public’s help to identify a suspect captured on video fleeing the scene. Shortly after 2:20 a.m. on July 5, officers were called to a club near Steeles […]
The York Regional Police (YRP) have discovered a second shooting incident connected to a violent night outside a Vaughan club this past summer. Police are now appealing for the public's assistance to identify the suspect captured on video fleeing the scene.
The first shooting occurred shortly after 2:20 a.m. on July 5 when two male suspects confronted security and opened fire at a club near Steeles Avenue and Scholes Road, east of Islington Avenue. An adult male patron was struck and transported to a hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries. The two suspects responsible remain unidentified and outstanding.
During the months-long investigation, detectives determined a second, unrelated shooting took place minutes later in the same plaza. A male suspect fired multiple rounds from the driver's-side window of a dark-coloured BMW SUV as it moved through the parking lot. Thankfully, no one was injured during this second incident.
Investigators are now seeking to identify the suspect in the second shooting. He is described as a Black male, aged between 25-35 years old, with a heavy build. Police believe he was last seen wearing a black T-shirt with writing on the front, blue knee-length jean shorts, a black baseball hat, white sneakers and carrying a black cross-body bag. Anyone with information, including surveillance or dashcam footage from the area around the time of the shootings, is urged to contact investigators.
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