The funeral for a 48-year-old Toronto police constable killed in the line of duty earlier this week in Mississauga will be held on Wednesday, Sept. 21. The service for Const. Andrew Hong, who was fatally shot in a GTA-wide shooting rampage on Monday afternoon that saw one other person killed and three others injured, will
The gunman in Monday afternoon’s shooting rampage spent more than two hours at a Mississauga Tim Hortons before murdering Const. Andrew Hong and investigators now say that they believe he was “looking for a police officer.” The detail was released during a news conference on Thursday morning as police formally identified 40-year-old Sean Petrie as
The body of slain Toronto police officer Const. Andrew Hong is now at a Richmond Hill funeral home. On Tuesday morning, Toronto police escorted a black hearse from the Forensic Services and Coroner’s Complex at Keele and Wilson streets in North York up to Richmond Hill’s Kane-Jarrett Funeral Home on Yonge Street, just south of
Dozens of mourners gathered in Mississauga today to pay their respects to the Milton father who was killed, along with a Toronto police officer, in a shooting rampage on Monday. The body of 38-year-old Shakeel Ashraf was brought to Jame Masjid Islamic Propagation Centre of Ontario in Mississauga at around noon on Wednesday. Family, friends
Const. Andrew Hong was hailed at his funeral Wednesday as a kind and dedicated public servant who fiercely loved his home and work families and touched all who met him. Family members, dignitaries and thousands of officers across the continent took part in the funeral for Hong, the 48-year-old Toronto police officer who was fatally
A motorcycle rider has been critically injured after a single-vehicle collision in Mississauga Saturday morning. According to Ontario Provincial Police, the incident occurred on Highway 403 near Dundas Street and Winston Churchill Boulevard. Few details have been released about the circumstances of the collision. The left lane of the highway was blocked off while police
Police say a teenager has died in a motorcycle crash in Uxbridge, Ont. Durham Regional Police Service says the fatal collision happened early Monday afternoon, when the motorcycle rear-ended another vehicle. Police arrived at the scene and found a 16-year-old male seriously injured. The boy later died in hospital. Police say the 40-year-old driver of
Police have arrested two suspects and issued a warrant for two others as they continue to investigate a dramatic spike in carjackings in Toronto, with 182 incidents so far this year. Toronto police made the announcement on Tuesday afternoon as they provided an update on their investigations into a rash of violent carjackings happening across
A person is in critical condition following a crash in Etobicoke Friday afternoon, according to Peel paramedics. Toronto police responded to reports of a collision involving a motorcycle in the area of Warwood and Burnhamthorpe roads shortly after 1:30 p.m. It is unknown how many vehicles were involved in the crash. Peel Paramedics also responded
A motorcyclist is dead after a collision in Etobicoke on Thursday night, Toronto police say. Emergency crews were called to the intersection of Dixon Road and Skyway Avenue, west of Highway 27, just before 7:30 p.m. for a crash. Acting Insp. Craig Young told reporters at the scene that a motorcycle and another vehicle were