The tow truck wars has moved to South Etobicoke where a third shooting took place in a span of two days.
Police are investigating after shots were fired in front of a tow yard on March 5 just before 10 p.m. in the area of The West Mall and The Queensway, near Sherway Mall Gardents.
It was the third tow truck-related shooting in just over 24-hours. Most of the incidents have occurred in the Scarborough area.
No injuries were reported but police said they found “evidence of gunfire” at the scene.
Police said a suspect fled the scene in a vehicle. No suspect or vehicle description has been released.
Two other tow truck-related shootings were reported in Toronto late March 4.
At around 10:20 p.m., two people were shot at a tow yard near Weston Road and St. Clair Avenue West.
A man in his 50s suffered life-threatening injuries, while the other victim – a man in his 20s – was seriously injured, but is expected to survive.
About an hour later, a tow truck driver, also identified as a man in his 20s, was shot while sitting in a car wash bay at a gas station in Scarborough.
He was transported to hospital with serious, but non-life-threatening injuries.
Police said there have been five firearm discharges and eight shootings linked to the tow truck industry this year.