{"id":670110,"date":"2026-05-15T01:08:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T01:08:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/670110\/"},"modified":"2026-05-15T01:08:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T01:08:07","slug":"tow-truck-shot-in-brampton-parking-lot-police-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/670110\/","title":{"rendered":"Tow truck shot in Brampton parking lot, police say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Police are investigating after a tow truck was shot up in a Brampton parking lot.<\/p>\n<p>The shooting happened shortly before 6 p.m. in a parking lot near Bovaird Drive and Mountainash Road in Brampton, Peel Regional Police say.<\/p>\n<p>No one was injured and police say the suspects fled the area. Police are investigating and say no suspect information was available.<\/p>\n<p>Incidents involving tow trucks have been on the rise in recent months, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insauga.com\/tow-truck-turf-war-heats-up-in-ontario-as-more-vehicles-burn\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">including a truck that was deliberately set on fire in the driveway of a home in the early hours of April 30<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>There was also a tow truck fire on Ascot Road in Brampton last month, and four separate tow truck fires were reported at three locations across the city just days later.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information about this incident can contact Peel Regional Police by calling 905-453-3311. Anonymous tips may also be submitted to Crime Stoppers by calling 1-800-222-TIPS (8477) or by visiting <a href=\"https:\/\/peelcrimestoppers.ca\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">www.peelcrimestoppers.ca<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>When you contact Crime Stoppers you stay anonymous, never have to testify, and could receive a $2,000 reward.<\/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: 57,674 Votes<\/p>\n<p>All Time: 1,343,167 Votes<\/p>\n<p>    436 VOTES<br \/>\n    Do you agree that malls and stores should be allowed to open on some statutory holidays?    <\/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":"Police are investigating after a tow truck was shot up in a Brampton parking lot. The shooting happened&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":645321,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194339],"tags":[51759,49,48],"class_list":["post-670110","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brampton","tag-brampton","tag-ca","tag-canada"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/670110","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=670110"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/670110\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/645321"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=670110"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=670110"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=670110"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}