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Man put Toronto bus passenger in choke hold unprovoked: police

Lettering is seen on the side of this Toronto police vehicle. Isaac Callan/Global News

Police are searching for a man that officers say put a stranger in a chokehold on a Toronto bus.

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Toronto police said the incident occurred on Friday around 7:40 a.m. on a bus in the Kennedy Road and Sheppard Avenue East area of the city.

According to police, a passenger was standing on an eastbound Toronto bus near the front door when a stranger attacked him and put him in a chokehold “without provocation.”

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The incident reportedly happened as the bus was coming to a stop on Kennedy Road.

Toronto police said the suspect was aged between 30 and 40 and had a black beard. He wore a white tank top, khaki shorts and black shoes.

Police say a man put another passenger in a choke hold on a Toronto bus. TPS / Handout
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