Canada police say deceased suspect was looking to kill a cop
, 2022-09-15 14:20:42,
TORONTO (AP) — The man behind a series of fatal shootings in the Greater Toronto Area this week was likely looking to target a police officer, Canadian police said Thursday, as they asked for the public’s help in learning more about the gunman who killed a traffic officer and one other person.
Toronto police Const. Andrew Hong was killed while at a coffee shop in Mississauga, Ontario, on Monday before the same suspect killed an auto shop owner in Milton, Ontario, later that day. Another man injured in the Milton shooting is not expected to survive, police said.
The gunman, identified Thursday as 40-year-old Sean Petrie, died shortly after the shootings in a confrontation with police in Hamilton.
Petrie was at the Tim Hortons where Hong was killed for a little over two hours before the shooting took place, police said.
Peel region Det. Michael Mavity said he believes Hong was targeted.
“I believe he was looking for a police officer,” Mavity said.
Peel Region Police Chief Nishan Duraiappah added that investigators believe Petrie “was just waiting for someone in uniform.”
Duraiappah said Petrie had an “extensive” criminal record – with convictions for weapons offences, armed robbery and assault among others – and in 2007 was placed on a national flagging system as someone with a high risk to…
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