Police are searching for two suspects wanted in connection with a drive-by shooting in Schomberg which left a man with serious injuries.
York Regional Police said on Feb. 12 at around 8:40 p.m., officers received reports of a shooting on Centre Street, between Rebellion Way and Church Street.
Officers said a man was walking his dog on a quiet residential street when a car passed him at a high rate of speed.
Police said “multiple gunshots” were fired from the vehicle, and the man was struck several times.
According to police, the suspects fled west on Centre Street.
Officers said the man was taken to a hospital with serious gunshot injuries.
Police said the victim is going through a “lengthy process, but will survive.”
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“Police sought a motive for this shooting and initially suspected it may have been a spontaneous act committed after the victim gestured at the vehicle that sped past him,” police said in a news release. “However, the investigation has since revealed that this was actually a targeted shooting but the victim was not the intended target.”
Officers said investigators have obtained sketches of the two suspects who were allegedly in the vehicle and are appealing to the public for help identifying them.
Police said the suspects were driving a white, 2021 Lexus RX-350 with an Ontario licence plate reading CXAK183.
According to police, the vehicle was reported stolen in January 2023 from The East Mall and Burnhamthorpe Drive area in Toronto.
Anyone with information is asked to contact police or Crime Stoppers.
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