At 2:34 p.m. ET on Saturday, August 13, Toronto police tweeted that there were reports around 2:15 p.m. ET about a man driving on the 401 Freeway at Allen Road and firing a gun into the air.
The man then allegedly pulled into the Yorkdale Mall parking lot in a dark blue Acura. This incident led to the mall being placed on lockdown. \u201cPERSON WITH A GUN:\n14:15\n- Reports a man driving on HWY 401 at Allen Rd shooting a gun in the air\n- Now in Yorkdale parking lot in a dark blue Acura\n- Yorkdale Mall enters on lockdown\n- No injuries reported at this time\n- Police are on scene\n#GO1559109\n^lb\u201d — Toronto Police Operations (@Toronto Police Operations) 1660415648 “No injuries reported at this time – police are on scene,” the police service said in a tweet. Later at 2:43 p.m. ET, police said in a Twitter update that police were still on the scene in Yorkdale. According to the same tweet, a man in his 30s has now been located and arrested. A firearm was also found at the scene. \u201cMAN WITH GUN: UPDATE\nYorkdale Mall\n- Police on scene\n- 30-year-old man located and arrested\n- Firearm located\n#GO1559109\n^lb\u201d — Toronto Police Operations (@Toronto Police Operations) 1660415648 No further information has been released about the incident and police have not said if the man who was arrested will face charges. Just a day before that incident, Toronto police said a Thornhill man was arrested and charged after he allegedly pointed a gun at a security officer at the Consulate General of the People’s Republic of China. Also in May, there were reports of “a man walking down the street holding a rifle” near a school in Scarborough, an event that put the school on lockdown. The man was shot and killed by officers at the scene. The weapon was later determined to be a pellet gun. The cover image of this article was used for illustrative purposes only.
