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Toronto Police Name Suspect in Fairview Mall Jewelry Robbery Shooting

Police have identified a Montreal suspect in the case.

Overview

  • The shooting inside CF Fairview Mall followed a jewelry store robbery Tuesday around 10:05 a.m., leaving a security employee wounded and now in stable condition.
  • Police named 53-year-old Kyle Douglas Prouse of Montreal as the suspect and said he has ties to Vancouver and Toronto.
  • Investigators said the robber fled in a white van heading south on Don Mills Road, which was later found near Shaughnessy and George Henry boulevards, before he left in a black Honda Accord.
  • Officers described the suspect as a white man in a grey hoodie and pants with a blue cap, a white medical mask, black shoes, and flecks of white paint on his clothes.
  • Police boosted patrols around the mall and urged anyone with information or video to contact investigators or Crime Stoppers, reflecting concern over a recent rise in jewelry store robberies in Ontario.