Drive-by shootings at movie theatres in Richmond Hill and Vaughan are being linked to similar shootings in Toronto and Peel on the same night.
York Regional Police were called to a theatre at Highway 7 and East Beaver Creek in Richmond Hill on Jan. 24 after an employee arrived for work and found the windows had been shot at. The same day, police in Vaughan responded to a similar call at a theatre at Highway 7 and Weston Road, police said in a news release.
The suspects are being linked to both occurrences in York Region and to similar shootings that occurred at cinemas in Toronto and Peel Region the same night, police said.
Investigators believe the incidents were targeted due to their similarities; all the cinemas were closed and occurred in the early morning hours.
Police are appealing to anyone with information or who witnessed any suspicious activity in the area to come forward. Investigators would also like to speak with anyone with video surveillance or dashcam footage in the area around the time of these incidents.
Anyone with information is asked to contact the York Regional Police #2 District Criminal Investigations Bureau at 1-866-287-5025, ext. 7241, or call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS, or leave an anonymous tip online.
