Skip to main content

Man in hospital following ‘targeted’ shooting in Mississauga plaza

Police are on the scene of a shooting near Dixie and Eglinton in Mississauga on Saturday, Oct. 26, 2024. (CTV Toronto) Police are on the scene of a shooting near Dixie and Eglinton in Mississauga on Saturday, Oct. 26, 2024. (CTV Toronto)
Share

A man is in hospital after being shot in a plaza in Mississauga Saturday afternoon in what police believe was a “targeted” incident.

Peel police said they received reports of shots fired in the 1200 block of Eglinton Avenue East, near Dixie Road, around 12:30 p.m.

When officers arrived, they located a man in his 40s suffering from gunshot wounds, police said.

Peel paramedics told CP24 that they transported the victim to the hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries.

Police spokesperson Const. Tyler Bell-Morena said in a video update that there was no suspect information yet.

“We have varying reports that an individual may have fled either in a vehicle. We also have reports of a suspect fleeing on foot,” he said. “So, at this time, it’s too early to determine whether or not these were, in fact, suspects or individuals fleeing a gunfire.”

While it appeared that it was a targeted shooting, Bell Morena said it was too early to tell whether the victim was the intended target.

Police are asking anyone who was driving in the area who has a dashcam to check their footage and contact investigators at 905-453-3311 ext. 1233.

CTVNews.ca Top Stories

Notre Dame Cathedral: Sneak peek ahead of the reopening

After more than five years of frenetic reconstruction work, Notre Dame Cathedral showed its new self to the world Friday, with rebuilt soaring ceilings and creamy good-as-new stonework erasing somber memories of its devastating fire in 2019.

Stay Connected