{"id":619814,"date":"2026-04-21T23:17:15","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T23:17:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/619814\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T23:17:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T23:17:15","slug":"security-guard-shot-during-robbery-montreal-man-wanted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/619814\/","title":{"rendered":"Security guard shot during robbery, Montreal man wanted"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Montreal man is wanted after allegedly shooting a security guard who confronted him during a jewelry store robbery at a North York mall on Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n

The shooting occurred at Fairview Mall, located near Sheppard Avenue East and Don Mills Road, shortly after 10 a.m.<\/p>\n

\"\"Fairview Mall Police work the scene of a shooting inside of Fairview Mall in Toronto on Tuesday, April 21, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS\/Arlyn McAdorey <\/p>\n

\u201cIt appears the suspect attended the mall just before opening with the intent of robbing a jewelry store,\u201d Insp. Kristy Smith told reporters at the scene on Tuesday afternoon. <\/p>\n

\u201cAs the suspect was fleeing, he was confronted by a member of the mall\u2019s security team. During that interaction, the security guard was shot.\u201d <\/p>\n

Cellphone video captured after the shooting shows mall security and staff providing aid to the victim, who was grimacing in pain on the ground.<\/p>\n

\"\"Fairview Mall shooting An image taken from a cellphone video shows mall staff and security providing aid to the victim after being shot. <\/p>\n

The security guard was shot in the midsection, Smith said, and was rushed to hospital in life-threatening condition. He is currently stable, she added.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur thoughts are with the victim who is a member of the mall security team and works closely with our officers on a regular basis,\u201d Smith said. <\/p>\n

In a news release on Tuesday afternoon, police said the suspect was spotted fleeing the mall in a black Honda Accord. Smith said he was last seen heading southbound on Don Mills Road. <\/p>\n

He has been identified as 53-year-old Kyle Douglas Prouse of Montreal.<\/p>\n

\"\"Fairview Mall shooting suspect Kyle Douglas Prouse, 53, of Montreal. <\/p>\n

Police said Prouse has ties to Toronto and Vancouver and is wanted in a break-and-enter investigation in Durham Region in August 2023.<\/p>\n

He has been described by police as a white male who was wearing a hood, grey pants, a blue baseball cap, a white medical mask, and black shoes. Police said there were flecks of white paint in his clothing.<\/p>\n

\"\"Suspect vehicle Police say this black Honda Accord was used by the suspect to flee after allegedly shooting a security guard at Fairview Mall. <\/p>\n

Investigators believe the suspect acted alone. <\/p>\n

\u201cIt appears that this was planned,\u201d Smith said. \u201cHe attended at the time the mall was opening\u2026 right after the store opened.\u201d<\/p>\n

He took off with a quantity of jewelry, but Smith could not elaborate on the value of the stolen items. <\/p>\n

The inspector said the interaction between the security guard and the suspect was \u201cquick.\u201d <\/p>\n

\"\"Toronto Police Hold Up Squad Inspector Kristy Smith Toronto Police Hold Up Squad Inspector Kristy Smith speaks to the media at the scene of a shooting at Fairview Mall in Toronto on Tuesday, April 21, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS\/Arlyn McAdorey <\/p>\n

A mall employee, 32-year-old Romal Patel, told CP24 he reviewed security video that partially captured the incident on Tuesday morning. <\/p>\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t see him (the suspect) physically. He came in (with) a box and a duffel bag,\u201d he told CP24.<\/p>\n

He added that he heard a female voice scream, \u201cI saw the gun,\u201d before a shot rang out.<\/p>\n

\u201cI heard the shot, (a) loud bang, and saw the victim fall down,\u201d Patel said.<\/p>\n

Police are asking any witnesses, or anyone with video footage of the area at the time of the incident, to contact investigators or Crime Stoppers anonymously. <\/p>\n

\"\"Fairview Mall A security guard stands by crime scene tape following a shooting at Fairview Mall in Toronto on Tuesday, April 21, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS\/Arlyn McAdorey <\/p>\n

Smith confirmed the jewelry store has been the target of robberies in the past. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe understand how concerning this is,\u201d she said of the shooting, adding that there will be a heavy police presence in the area for some time. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Montreal man is wanted after allegedly shooting a security guard who confronted him during a jewelry store…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":619815,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194292],"tags":[712,49,48,2338],"class_list":{"0":"post-619814","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-montreal","8":"tag-apple-news","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-canada","11":"tag-montreal"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/619814","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=619814"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/619814\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/619815"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=619814"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=619814"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=619814"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}