Overview
- Investigators obtained a judge’s approval Friday and released time-limited images of a male youth and an older black four-door Honda Civic linked to two synagogue shootings in March.
- The entrances at Beth Avraham Yoseph in Vaughan and Shaarei Shomayim near Bathurst and Glencairn were hit by gunfire hours apart, and a joint team later concluded the same person carried out both attacks.
- The suspect is described as about six feet to six-foot-two with a thin build and curly black hair, and police asked anyone who recognizes him to contact investigators.
- In a separate case, Toronto police released video of a blue SUV after a driver fired an Orbeez-style replica gun at visibly Jewish victims near Bathurst and Lawrence, causing minor injuries.
- Toronto’s new counterterrorism unit is helping with the synagogue probe as police and Jewish groups report a rise in hate-motivated incidents targeting the community since 2023.