Kitchener-Waterloo

20-year-old Toronto man charged in Waterloo pellet gun shootings

Waterloo Region police have charged a 20-year-old man in connection with three BB/pellet gun woundings on Labour Day, 2015.

Three pedestrians in University district wounded in Sept. 7 shootings

A 20-year-old man has been charged in connection with three BB/pellet gun woundings on Labour Day, 2015, according to a release from Waterloo Regional Police Services. 

A Toronto resident attending Wilfrid Laurier University will be in court Wednesday to face:

  • Two counts of Assault with a Weapon.
  • Possession of a Weapon Dangerous to the Public.
  • Aggravated Assault.

According to police, at separate times on the holiday Monday three pedestrians were walking along King Street in Waterloo's University district when they were struck with projectiles from a gas-powered pellet pistol.

Shooting timeline

Police say the three incidents took place at various times on Labour Day, Sept. 7, 2015:

  • 1:00 a.m., a 19-year-old woman was wounded in the collarbone.
  • 2:00 a.m., a 19-year-old woman was wounded in the wrist. 
  • 5:30 p.m., a 19-year-old woman suffered serious injury to an eye. She is still receiving medical treatment for that wound. 

Police have not said whether these incidents are related to an earlier BB/pellet shooting in August, where a driver was shot in the head on Union Street near Moore Ave.