{"id":460782,"date":"2026-02-08T01:16:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-08T01:16:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/460782\/"},"modified":"2026-02-08T01:16:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T01:16:09","slug":"woodbine-mall-shooting-man-dead-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/460782\/","title":{"rendered":"Woodbine Mall shooting: man dead"},"content":{"rendered":"

A man in his 30s has died following a shooting at Woodbine Mall in Rexdale on Saturday afternoon.<\/p>\n

Toronto police said a call came in at 3:31 p.m. for a shooting at the mall located in the area of Rexdale Boulevard and Highway 27.<\/p>\n

\"\"Woodbine Mall shooting A white SUV is taped off following a shooting at Woodbine Mall on Saturday, Feb. 7, 2026. (Jacob Estrin) <\/p>\n

Speaking to reporters at the scene, Insp. Errol Watson said officers found the victim with apparent gunshot wounds.<\/p>\n

The man was transported to the hospital with life-threatening injuries but was pronounced dead shortly after, Watson said.<\/p>\n

The victim\u2019s identity has not been released.<\/p>\n

Images from the scene show a white SUV with bullet holes in the windshield and the driver\u2019s side window shattered.<\/p>\n

\"\"Woodbine shooting A white SUV is riddled with bullet holes following a shooting at Woodbine Mall on Saturday, Feb. 7, 2026. <\/p>\n

Police said a suspect or suspects fled in a vehicle.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt this time, it\u2019s still an active investigation and we\u2019re still working on those details,\u201d Watson said when asked about suspect information.<\/p>\n

The circumstances that led to the shooting are not immediately known but Watson said investigators believe it was a targeted incident.<\/p>\n

The homicide unit is investigating the incident.<\/p>\n

\"\"Errol Watson Toronto police Insp. Errol Watson speaks to reporters following a fatal shooting at Woodbine Mall on Saturday, Feb. 7, 2026. <\/p>\n

\u201cI can understand how a shooting like this, especially at a mall, can cause concern for the safety of the public. Officers will be canvassing for any witnesses, video and evidence,\u201d Watson said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are asking anyone who saw something to say something. Please contact police with any information.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A man in his 30s has died following a shooting at Woodbine Mall in Rexdale on Saturday afternoon.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":460706,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[712,43,44,41,39,42,40],"class_list":["post-460782","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-apple-news","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/460782","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=460782"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/460782\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/460706"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=460782"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=460782"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=460782"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}