York police seek witnesses after Richmond Hill theatre shootings
The Canadian Press | Posted: May 25, 2024 1:24 PM | Last Updated: May 25
Spate of shootings across GTA theatres earlier this year pushed Cineplex to cancel South Indian film screening
York Regional Police are seeking witnesses after a series of shootings outside a cinema north of Toronto.
Police say video surveillance from 2:30 a.m. Friday shows a suspect in a dark SUV firing multiple shots toward the entrance of the theatre at East Beaver Creek Road and Highway 7 in Richmond Hill, Ont., before fleeing.
Investigators said the incident was discovered when a theatre employee arrived for work at around 7 a.m. on Friday and found the windows of several doors shattered.
This is the third shooting to occur at the cinema in just over a month.
"In all three occurrences, there were no injuries," police said in a news release Friday.
Someone in a white, four-door pickup truck with a black cargo bed cover fired shots at the theatre's entrance on May 17. Two days later, someone in a red SUV with silver rims shot at the same entrance.
A spate of cinema shootings across the Greater Toronto Area earlier this year pushed theatre operator Cineplex Inc. to cancel screenings of South Indian film Malaikottai Vaaliban.