A 16-year-old boy is facing charges after a Ferrari was stolen during a “violent carjacking with a firearm” in a Brampton driveway on Thursday, police say.
Peel Regional Police said that at around 8 p.m., the victims were standing in their driveway in the Countryside Drive and Airport Road area when they were confronted by an individual armed with a handgun and two other suspects.
“The suspects demanded money, cellphones, and the keys to the victim’s vehicle, a white 2018 Ferrari Spider,” police said.
The victims complied and handed over their phones and keys to the Ferrari, police said.
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“The accused entered the driver’s seat of the 2018 Ferrari and fled the area; the two unknown suspects fled the area on foot, leaving behind another stolen vehicle, which they arrived in,” police said.
The stolen Ferrari was located a short time later in the Finch Avenue East and Neilson Road area of Scarborough and a 16-year-old boy was arrested, police continued.
A loaded Glock 9mm handgun and the keys to the stolen vehicle were allegedly found during the arrest.
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The boy, from Brampton, is facing a number of charges including robbery with a firearm and unauthorized possession of a firearm.
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