{"id":590892,"date":"2026-04-08T19:49:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T19:49:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/590892\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T19:49:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T19:49:12","slug":"police-arrest-man-accused-of-shooting-at-jewish-owned-business-in-toronto-toronto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/590892\/","title":{"rendered":"Police arrest man accused of shooting at Jewish-owned business in Toronto &#8211; Toronto"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\tDescrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tIncrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>Toronto police say they\u2019ve made an arrest after shots were fired at a Jewish-owned business over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/70c8fc80.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;width:1px;height:1px\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"\/><\/p>\n<p>At around 1:30 a.m. on April 3, officers were called to an Avenue Road restaurant for reports that someone had fired at the building before driving away.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have been in close contact with the business owner, who is understandably very shaken,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/toronto-police\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Toronto Police<\/a> Chief Myron Demkiw told reporters on Wednesday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile there were no reported injuries, this kind of attack leaves a real impact on people\u2019s sense of security, and this case, in particular, in Toronto\u2019s Jewish community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1767930311_275_national.jpg\" alt=\"Get daily Canada news delivered to your inbox so you'll never miss the day's top stories.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tGet daily National news<\/p>\n<p>Get daily Canada news delivered to your inbox so you&#8217;ll never miss the day&#8217;s top stories.<\/p>\n<p>Police said they were still working to understand why the business was targeted and if it was connected to other \u201csimilar incidents\u201d in the city.<\/p>\n<p>They said the hate crimes unit was \u201cembedded\u201d in this investigation, but did not mention hate-motivated charges.<\/p>\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Demkiw said \u201ccovert assets\u201d in the area saw the suspect fleeing and were able to aid in his arrest.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\tMore on Crime<br \/>\n\t\t\tMore videos\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Police said they arrested the suspect, a 30-year-old man from Brampton, on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Officers said the investigation is ongoing.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-video__image\" alt=\"Click to play video: '\u201cWe are coming for you\u2019: Toronto Police search for suspect in deadly stabbing'\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" 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