{"id":511260,"date":"2026-03-03T08:50:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T08:50:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/511260\/"},"modified":"2026-03-03T08:50:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T08:50:10","slug":"police-release-image-of-vehicle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/511260\/","title":{"rendered":"Police release image of vehicle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Police have released an image of a suspect vehicle that appears to be linked to the investigation into the targeted shooting of a Thornhill boxing gym owned by an Iranian-Canadian activist over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">York Regional Police say they responded to reports of gunfire at a commercial plaza near Yonge Street and Steeles Avenue East at around 3 a.m. on Sunday. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">On scene, officers say they found \u201cdamage consistent with multiple rounds having been fired at the business,\u201d which investigators said was unoccupied at that time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Surveillance footage from the area captured a suspect wearing dark clothing exiting and re-entering that driver\u2019s seat of a dark-coloured SUV that was parked at the plaza where the incident occurred, they said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">That vehicle fled the area and was last seen heading eastbound on <a href=\"https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/nTH5wDePWhRmAZaPA\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Highland Park Boulevard<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">No injuries have been reported.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018It\u2019s so dangerous,\u2019 says gym owner<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">CTV News Toronto previously reported about a shooting targeted a gym near the same intersection on Sunday. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The gym\u2019s owner said at the time that he thinks his gym was targeted due to his public support for recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ctvnews.ca\/business\/article\/what-to-know-about-the-latest-us-israeli-attacks-on-iran\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">military strikes on Iran<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Police, however, say no motive has been confirmed and the investigation remains ongoing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cp24.com\/local\/york\/2026\/03\/01\/its-crazy-thornhill-gym-of-iranian-canadian-activist-hit-by-bullets\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u2018It\u2019s crazy\u2019: Thornhill gym of Iranian-Canadian activist hit by bullets<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Police \u2018aware of concerns\u2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cYork Regional Police are aware of concerns within the community that this incident may be linked to broader geopolitical tensions in the Middle East,\u201d they said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yrp.ca\/en\/Modules\/News\/index.aspx?feedId=eec058e4-5b49-437f-89cd-d222d7465de7&amp;newsId=4c1e5f02-adb7-410d-9df5-d4516a3df487\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">news release on Monday<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cWe recognize these concerns and take them seriously, and are examining all available leads and evidence as we\u2019re working closely with policing and intelligence partners to assess any potential links, including the possibility of politically motivated or transnational elements.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Police are asking anyone with surveillance or dashcam footage from the area to reach out to them. They also want to speak with anyone who saw what happened and has not yet come forward.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Anyone with further information is asked to contact the Firearms Investigations Team at 1-866-876-5423, ext. 7817, or Crime Stoppers anonymously.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Police have released an image of a suspect vehicle that appears to be linked to the investigation into&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":511261,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[712,49,48,44],"class_list":{"0":"post-511260","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-canada","8":"tag-apple-news","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-canada","11":"tag-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/511260","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=511260"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/511260\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/511261"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=511260"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=511260"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=511260"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}