{"id":492054,"date":"2026-02-22T13:03:13","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T13:03:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/492054\/"},"modified":"2026-02-22T13:03:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T13:03:13","slug":"shooting-2-shot-1-in-critical-condition-at-mississauga-plaza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/492054\/","title":{"rendered":"Shooting: 2 shot, 1 in critical condition at Mississauga plaza"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Peel Regional Police are investigating after a shooting at a Mississauga plaza on the evening of Feb. 21, 2026.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"192\">Police were called to the area of Hurontario Street and Eglinton Avenue following reports of gunfire. The plaza is located just east of the intersection, at Eglinton Avenue and Delaware Drive.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"194\" data-end=\"272\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">When officers arrived, they found two adult men suffering from gunshot wounds.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1275\" height=\"873\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-795149\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-02-22-at-6.10.35-AM.jpeg\" alt=\"\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Both victims were transported to the hospital. One man is reported to have serious injuries but is expected to survive. The second victim remains in critical condition.<\/p>\n<p>Officers have taped off the area as investigators examine the scene. It is not yet clear what led to the shooting or whether any suspects are in custody.<\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"vidyard-player-embed\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1771765392_153_awZCW3rPmWvxPqZHnBCKLu.jpg\" data-videoid=\"790139\" data-uuid=\"awZCW3rPmWvxPqZHnBCKLu\" data-v=\"4\" data-type=\"inline\" data-muted=\"1\" style=\"width:100%\"\/>    <\/p>\n<p>        <img width=\"1024\" height=\"513\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-30-at-1.55.02-PM-1024x513.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\"  decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>      <\/p>\n<p>Police are asking anyone with information or dashcam footage from the area around the time of the incident to contact Peel Regional Police.<\/p>\n<p>This is a developing story and will be updated as more information becomes available.<\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insauga.com\/editorial-guidelines\" class=\"editorial-guidelines-link d-block mb-4\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n            INsauga&#8217;s Editorial Standards and Policies        <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Last 30 Days: 57,931 Votes<\/p>\n<p>All Time: 1,232,068 Votes<\/p>\n<p>    3956 VOTES<br \/>\n    Should bike lanes stay or be removed?    <\/p>\n<p>\tWIN A $100 GIFT CARD<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to INsauga\u2019s daily email newsletter for a chance to win a $100 Amazon gift card.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Peel Regional Police are investigating after a shooting at a Mississauga plaza on the evening of Feb. 21,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":492055,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194297],"tags":[49,48,55405],"class_list":{"0":"post-492054","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mississauga","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-mississauga"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/492054","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=492054"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/492054\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/492055"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=492054"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=492054"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=492054"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}