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Vancouver Sun
2 days ago
- Vancouver Sun
Woman in her 70s dead after unprovoked stabbing in Toronto parking lot, police say
TORONTO — A woman in her 70s was killed in what seemed to be an unprovoked stabbing as she was loading her groceries in a Toronto parking lot, police said Thursday. The attack happened just after 9:30 a.m. in the area of Parkway Forest Drive and Sheppard Avenue East, at a commercial plaza near CF Fairview Mall in North York. Duty Insp. Phil Sinclair said the woman appeared to be loading groceries into her car after shopping at the nearby supermarket when she was stabbed. She was rushed to the hospital where she was pronounced dead. Start your day with a roundup of B.C.-focused news and opinion. By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. A welcome email is on its way. If you don't see it, please check your junk folder. The next issue of Sunrise will soon be in your inbox. Please try again Interested in more newsletters? Browse here. Sinclair said police believe the attack was unprovoked and the relationship between the victim and the suspect is unknown. The male suspect, who investigators said wore a balaclava, fled the area on foot but police said there was no serious threat to public safety. 'We don't believe it's an ongoing major threat, but we do believe it is serious enough for us to keep searching throughout the entire day, and we will continue right into the evening,' Sinclair told reporters. The stabbing marked the city's second homicide near a shopping mall on Thursday, following an early-morning shooting that left a man dead near Yorkdale Mall. Our website is the place for the latest breaking news, exclusive scoops, longreads and provocative commentary. Please bookmark and sign up for our daily newsletter, Posted, here .
National Post
2 days ago
- National Post
Woman in her 70s dead after unprovoked stabbing in Toronto parking lot, police say
TORONTO — A woman in her 70s was killed in what seemed to be an unprovoked stabbing as she was loading her groceries in a Toronto parking lot, police said Thursday. Article content The attack happened just after 9:30 a.m. in the area of Parkway Forest Drive and Sheppard Avenue East, at a commercial plaza near CF Fairview Mall in North York. Article content Duty Insp. Phil Sinclair said the woman appeared to be loading groceries into her car after shopping at the nearby supermarket when she was stabbed. Article content She was rushed to the hospital where she was pronounced dead. Article content Article content Sinclair said police believe the attack was unprovoked and the relationship between the victim and the suspect is unknown. Article content The male suspect, who investigators said wore a balaclava, fled the area on foot but police said there was no serious threat to public safety. Article content 'We don't believe it's an ongoing major threat, but we do believe it is serious enough for us to keep searching throughout the entire day, and we will continue right into the evening,' Sinclair told reporters. The stabbing marked the city's second homicide near a shopping mall on Thursday, following an early-morning shooting that left a man dead near Yorkdale Mall. Article content
Yahoo
3 days ago
- Yahoo
Woman dead after stabbing in parking lot near shopping mall in Toronto
TORONTO — Police say a woman is dead after a stabbing in a parking lot near a shopping mall in Toronto. Toronto police say it happened just after 9:30 a.m. in the area of Parkway Forest Drive and Sheppard Avenue East near CF Fairview Mall in North York. They say officers found a woman with stab wounds in a commercial parking lot. Police say the woman was rushed to hospital where she was pronounced dead. They say the homicide and missing persons unit is now investigating the case. The stabbing marks the city's second homicide near a shopping mall today, following an early-morning shooting that left a man dead near Yorkdale Mall. This report by The Canadian Press was first published July 17, 2025. The Canadian Press
