{"id":749989,"date":"2026-06-20T18:29:35","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T18:29:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/749989\/"},"modified":"2026-06-20T18:29:35","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T18:29:35","slug":"senior-couple-dead-after-assault-at-mississauga-home-police-identify-son-as-suspect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/749989\/","title":{"rendered":"Senior couple dead after assault at Mississauga home, police identify son as suspect"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A man and woman in their 70s have died after an assault at their home in Mississauga Thursday night, said police.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Officers responded around 7:07 p.m. for calls of a disturbance at a home near Lakeshore Road E. and Hurontario Street, said Peel police Insp. Mike Mavity at a news conference at the scene.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A couple, aged 70-years-old and 71-years-old, were found in life-threatening condition, he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Both victims were taken to hospital, where they eventually died from their injuries, said Peel police. Mavity said their injuries were not caused by a firearm.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Police identified the couple&#8217;s son 46-year-old Jordan Sangwin as a suspect in the case. Mavity said the man is &#8220;considered armed and dangerous&#8221; and that he had left the scene before police arrived.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">While he said there is no immediate threat to the public, anyone who sees Sangwin is urged to contact police right away.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Police identified Jordan Sangwin, the 46-year-old son of the couple, as a suspect in the case. He's considered to be &quot;armed and dangerous&quot; and anyone who sees him should contact 911.\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/111a0e476474ade232a21a0a869b5072.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Peel police identified Jordan Sangwin, the 46-year-old son of the couple, as a suspect in the case. He&#8217;s considered to be &#8220;armed and dangerous&#8221; and anyone who sees him should contact 911. (Peel Regional Police)<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Sangwin is described as a 5&#8242; 10, white man with a slim build. He was last seen wearing a blue shirt, checkered shorts and a baseball cap, said Mavity.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;We are encouraging Sangwin to contact a lawyer and turn himself in,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Mavity said the suspect did not live at his parents&#8217; home and that investigators don&#8217;t believe he has a firearm or left the residence with a weapon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Police shared a photo of Sangwin during a prior arrest, but would not expand on his criminal record.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">He said residents can expect a police presence in the area as they conduct the investigation and gather video from the scene.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The couple are Peel region&#8217;s 10th and 11th homicide victims of 2026.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Despite efforts made by emergency responders, the elderly couple succumbed to their injuries, said Peel police.\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/9f6fdfecd07ff004d95ef425091069a1.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>(Jacob Estrin\/CBC)<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Residents shocked to hear of incident in quiet area<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Sangwin has been a regular customer at the nearby bagel shop since 2012, said owner Jerry Rai, who described him as a &#8220;nice guy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">He said he was shocked to hear Sangwin was named a suspect.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;It&#8217;s a nice community all around here,&#8221; he said, adding he didn&#8217;t know the senior couple.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Local Facebook groups were abuzz upon hearing the sirens and seeing an increased police presence in the area Thursday night, said social worker David Charchalis, who works in the area.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">He said it was shocking to hear that something like that could happen in such quiet area.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;Someone comes here and does that, it&#8217;s like a movie now,&#8221; said flower shop owner Jade Swan. &#8220;It&#8217;s pretty scary.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">She said she recognized Sangwin as someone who would frequent the area and walk by, but doesn&#8217;t know him or the couple personally.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A man and woman in their 70s have died after an assault at their home in Mississauga Thursday&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":749990,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194297],"tags":[49,48,268222,268221,55405,75073,35243,213441],"class_list":["post-749989","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mississauga","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-jordan-sangwin","tag-mike-mavity","tag-mississauga","tag-peel-police","tag-peel-regional-police","tag-police-presence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/749989","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=749989"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/749989\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/749990"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=749989"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=749989"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=749989"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}