Police investigate third overnight shooting this year at Toronto Jewish school
Written by The Canadian Press on December 20, 2024
TORONTO — Toronto police say they are investigating an apparent overnight shooting at a Jewish elementary school for the third time this year.
In a social-media post, police say officers were called at around 2:30 a.m. to Bais Chaya Mushka in North York and found “evidence of firearm discharge.”
Police say no injuries were reported.
The school has been shot at overnight twice before, in May and October.
A 17-year-old boy and 20-year-old man were arrested in connection to the October shooting.
Police said at the time they working to find out if the two shootings were linked.
Police did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The investigation comes a day after a synagogue in Montreal was the target of an alleged firebomb attack for a second time in just over a year.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Dec. 20, 2024.
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