Toronto police release photos of suspect in TTC bus stabbing at Old Mill Station
Police are looking for a male suspect seen in this surveillance video image after a teenager was stabbed at Old Mill Station on Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2023. (Toronto Police Service)
Toronto police have released images of a suspect wanted in connection with a stabbing at a TTC subway station in Etobicoke that left a teenage boy injured on Wednesday.
Police said a 16-year-old boy boarded a bus at Old Mill station and became involved in a conversation with a man.
For unknown reasons, the man allegedly stabbed the boy multiple times and then fled the scene.
Police said the victim was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
On Friday, police asked for the public’s help in identifying the suspect. He is described as between 20 to 25 years old, five-foot-10, with black dreadlocks covering his forehead.
He was last seen wearing a blue face covering, a dark-coloured top with a distinct red logo running vertically on the front and a dark hooded three-quarter-length winter jacket.
Police are asking anyone who recognizes the suspect to contact them at 416-808-2200 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 416-222-TIPS (8477) or www.222tips.com.
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