Shooting Investigation — York Region

He Fired at the Back of the House at Twenty Past Six in the Morning and Left on an E-Scooter Across a Golf Course, and the Weapons Call Did Not Come In Until After Half Past Eleven: York Regional Police Release Three Photographs From Angus Glen (September 9, 2026)

By: Gangland Files  |  Release Published Wednesday, September 9, 2026, 9:50 a.m. EDT  |  Shooting Saturday, August 15, 2026  |  Major Mackenzie Drive East and Angus Glen Boulevard, Markham, ON
6:20 a.m.Time of the Shooting
5 hrsBefore the Weapons Call
3Photographs Released
0People Injured

MARKHAM — Somebody walked to the back of a house near Major Mackenzie Drive East and Angus Glen Boulevard at about twenty past six on a Saturday morning in the middle of August, fired a gun at the property, and then rode away on an electric scooter across the golf course next door. Nobody was hit. The weapons call did not reach York Regional Police until shortly after half past eleven that same morning — roughly five hours after investigators say the shot or shots were fired. Twenty-five days later, on Wednesday, September 9, 2026, the force released three photographs of the man it wants to identify.

Nobody has been arrested. Nobody has been named. Nothing has been charged.

What York Regional Police Have Established

  • The incident occurred at a residence in the area of Major Mackenzie Drive East and Angus Glen Boulevard, City of Markham.
  • A male suspect attended the rear of the residence and discharged a firearm toward the property at approximately 6:20 a.m. on Saturday, August 15, 2026.
  • He fled on an e-scooter through a nearby golf course.
  • Officers located evidence of gunfire and damage to a vehicle. No injuries were reported.
  • Carriage sits with the YRP Firearms Investigations Team. Occurrence number 26-281245. The force has classified the file as a weapons offence.

The Five Hours

The gap between the shooting and the call is the fact that shapes this file. Police responded shortly after 11:30 a.m.; investigators later fixed the discharge at approximately 6:20 a.m. Somewhere in between, a firearm was fired at a house in a residential part of Markham and, on the published timeline, nothing reached 911 for about five hours.

York Regional Police do not explain the gap. The release does not say who ultimately called, does not say whether anyone was home at the time, does not say whether the damage was discovered later in the morning, and does not say whether a neighbour, a resident or a passerby reported it. Every explanation for five silent hours is speculation, and none is offered here. It is simply the most conspicuous thing in the release.

Damage to a Vehicle, and a Firearm Pointed at a Building

Two physical findings are published: evidence of gunfire, and damage to a vehicle. The release does not say how many rounds were fired, does not say whether casings were recovered, does not describe the damage to the vehicle, does not identify the vehicle, and does not say whether the house itself was struck.

What it does say is that the firearm was discharged toward the property from the rear of the residence. A shot fired at the back of a specific house at dawn is not a stray round from elsewhere, and the assignment of the file to the Firearms Investigations Team rather than a district criminal investigations bureau reflects how the force is treating it. York Regional Police have not used the word targeted, and it is not used here.

An E-Scooter Through a Golf Course

The escape is the other distinctive detail. An e-scooter is slow, quiet, unregistered and effectively invisible to a plate reader, and a golf course at 6:20 a.m. in mid-August is open ground with no traffic cameras on it. It is a route chosen by somebody who either knew the neighbourhood or looked at it first. The release does not say which, and does not say where the scooter went after the course.

Three photographs have been released, which means the force has him on video somewhere along that path.

What the Release Does Not Contain

There is no suspect name, no age, no physical description beyond the photographs, and no clothing description in the published text. There is no round count, no firearm recovery, no firearm description, no casing count. There is no motive. No resident, homeowner or vehicle owner is identified, and the release does not say whether anyone at the address has been spoken to. There is no arrest and no charge. And York Regional Police have named no gang, no criminal organization and no motorcycle club anywhere in this file. None is named here.

Anyone who recognises the man in the photographs, or who has video from the Major Mackenzie Drive East and Angus Glen Boulevard area from the morning of Saturday, August 15, 2026, is asked to contact the York Regional Police Firearms Investigations Team, or to call Crime Stoppers anonymously.

Markham — Firearms Investigations Team File 26-281245

Sat. Aug. 15, 2026, approx. 6:20 a.m. — The ShotInvestigators determine that a male suspect attended the rear of a residence in the area of Major Mackenzie Drive East and Angus Glen Boulevard and discharged a firearm toward the property.
Sat. Aug. 15, 2026, After the Shot — The EscapeThe suspect flees on an e-scooter through a nearby golf course. The release does not say where he went from there.
Sat. Aug. 15, 2026, shortly after 11:30 a.m. — The CallYork Regional Police respond to a weapons call at the residence, roughly five hours after the discharge. Officers locate evidence of gunfire and damage to a vehicle. Nobody is injured.
Wed. Sep. 9, 2026, 9:50 a.m. EDT — PublicationThe YRP Firearms Investigations Team publishes an appeal with three photographs of the suspect under occurrence 26-281245. The release is updated at 11:25 a.m. No arrest, name or charge accompanies it.
YRP Firearms Investigations Team
York Regional Police
Crime Stoppers of York Region

Primary Sources

  • York Regional Police: “Suspect for Identification Following Shooting in Markham”, published Wednesday, September 9, 2026 at 9:50 a.m. EDT and updated at 11:25 a.m. This release is the source for the location, both times, the sequence of events, the e-scooter, the golf course, the evidence of gunfire, the damage to a vehicle, the absence of injuries, the unit assignment and occurrence number 26-281245.
  • The roughly five-hour interval between the discharge at approximately 6:20 a.m. and the weapons call shortly after 11:30 a.m. was calculated from the two times given in the release. York Regional Police do not characterise the gap and offer no explanation for it; none is offered here.
  • The release does not use the word “targeted” and no such characterisation is made in this briefing.
  • No round count, casing count, firearm description, firearm recovery, vehicle description, suspect name, age, motive, arrest or charge appears in the release.
  • Media relations for the file is Constable James Dickson. He is not quoted in the published text.
  • No criminal organization is named by York Regional Police in this file, and none is named in this briefing. Nothing in this file has been tested in court.

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