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Police are investigating after a group of men were attacked with baseball bats in Halton Region overnight.
Halton Regional Police said officers responded to a call just after midnight on Winston Churchill Boulevard and Steeles Avenue West in Halton Hills near the Peel Region border.
Police said three men were in a vehicle when other vehicles surrounded it and an interaction occurred between the parties.
“They were stopped at a red light and the suspects surrounded the vehicle and assaulted three males with baseball bats,” Sgt. Duane Bilton said.
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Authorities said the men who were assaulted left the area and reported it to police in Peel Region near James Potter Road and Steeles Avenue in Brampton.
Peel Paramedics said one man was transported to hospital in critical condition. The second person was also taken to hospital in serious but stable condition. The third person suffered minor injuries.
Police said they believe the attack was targeted and all parties involved knew each other.
“The information that I have, it was an incident over a debt, a money debt of some sort. We don’t have all the details and that’s why we believe it’s a targeted attack,” Bilton said.
Police said two baseball bats were located at the scene.
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The victims’ ages range between 26 and 30 years of age and were all from Brampton.
Police have not released any information about the suspects involved in the incident.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Acting Det. Dylan Price One District Criminal Investigations Bureau at 905-825-4747 ext. 2422 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.
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