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Toronto teenager charged in connection with Old Mill station bus stabbing: police

The Toronto Police Services emblem is photographed during a press conference at TPS headquarters, in Toronto on Tuesday, May 17, 2022. Police say one person is dead and two others have been taken to hospital after a shooting in a parking lot at a east-end Toronto mall. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christopher Katsarov. CKL

A 16-year-old boy has been arrested in connection with an aggravated assault investigation in Toronto.

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Toronto police said on Jan. 25 at 4 p.m., officers received a call for a stabbing at the Old Mill subway station on the TTC.

Officers said a 16-year-old boy entered a bus parked at the station, noting the boy and a man became involved in a “brief conversation.”

Officers allege the man then stabbed the boy “multiple times.”

Police said the boy was taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

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Initially, police said, a man between 20 t0 25 years old was wanted in connection with the incident.

However, in an update on Tuesday, officers said a 16-year-old boy was arrested.

He has been charged with aggravated assault, assault with a weapon, carrying a concealed weapon and possessing a weapon for a dangerous purpose.

Police said he is scheduled to appear in court on April 26.

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The accused cannot be identified under provisions of the Youth Criminal Justice Act.

Anyone with information is asked to contact police or Crime Stoppers.

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