Toronto police investigating third tow truck-related shooting this week

Toronto police say they are investigating another tow truck-related shooting in Scarborough, the third such incident in just over 24 hours.

Toronto police say they are investigating another tow truck-related shooting in Scarborough, the third such incident in just over 24 hours.

Officers were called to the area of Lawrence Avenue East and Greencrest Circuit, east of Markham Road, just before 11:45 p.m. Thursday for reports of a shooting.

The victim, a man in his 20s, according to police, was driving a tow truck at the time and transported to hospital with serious, but non-life-threatening injuries.

Investigators tell CP24 that more than 10 bullets were fired and bullet holes could be seen in the window of the tow truck at the scene. No suspect description has been released, but police say the shooter was in a dark-coloured vehicle at the time shots were fired.

Hours earlier, at 5:10 p.m., police said two people took themselves to hospital after a shooting at a tow truck yard near Markham Road and Passmore Avenue, about a 15-minute drive north from the scene at Lawrence and Greencrest.

Both victims sustained non-life-threatening injuries, police said. A dark-coloured vehicle was also observed leaving that scene, but no suspect description has been released.