York Regional Police
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A Gun Went Off Inside a House at Seven Minutes Past Four in the Morning and the People Who Fired It Walked Away: York Regional Police Work a Richmond Hill Shooting Near Leslie and William F. Bell, and Have Published No Release (September 6, 2026)
Reported Sunday, September 6, 2026 at 7:19 a.m. EDT by Jermaine Wilson of CP24. York Regional Police responded at approximately 4:07 a.m. that morning to the area of Leslie Street and William F. Bell Parkway in Richmond Hill after a shooting inside a residence. One victim was taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. The force…
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Three Arsons, One Business, Eight Days: York Regional Police Publish a Serial Firebombing File Out of a Richmond Hill Plaza in Which Every Vehicle Used Was Stolen and Nobody Has Been Charged (August 27, 2026)
York Regional Police published this file on Thursday, August 27, 2026 at 12:39 p.m. The #2 District Criminal Investigations Bureau is appealing for witnesses after three arsons at the same commercial business at a plaza in the area of Leslie Street and East Wilmot Street in Richmond Hill. On August 19 at about 5:15 a.m.…
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He May Have Grown a Beard and He May Be in Toronto: The Sûreté du Québec Reissues Its Wanted Notice for Gianpietro Tiberio, 52, Fourteen Months After He Vanished on Arrest Day (Reported August 21, 2026)
First reported Friday, August 21, 2026. The Surete du Quebec has issued a fresh wanted notice for Gianpietro Tiberio, 52, sought for murder and attempted murder in the 2012 shooting at Cafe Domenica-In on boulevard Provencher in Montreal, which killed Domenico Facchini and wounded Vito D’Orazio. The SQ says Tiberio may now be wearing a…
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An Assault-Style Rifle Into an Occupied Building at Weston and Langstaff: York Regional Police Charge Felix Algai, 45, and the Gun Is Still Missing (August 21, 2026)
York Regional Police say a commercial premise near Weston Road and Langstaff Road in Vaughan was shot up at about 8:20 a.m. on August 19. The building was occupied and took damage from gunfire, but nobody was hurt. A suspect was identified within a day, and on August 20 Felix Algai, 45, was charged with…
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Synagogue Shootings Dragnet: York Police Charge Chris Perreira in Back-to-Back Contract Firearm Attacks
York and Toronto police charge 23-year-old Chris Perreira of Barrie in connection with back-to-back synagogue shootings in Thornhill and Toronto, closing the search for primary shooters in the guns-for-hire network.
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Stouffville Ghost-Gun Lab Raid: Manhunt Launched for Steen Eliasen Following 3D-Printed Firearms Seizure
York Regional Police Guns, Gangs and Drug Enforcement Unit raids a 3D-printed firearm manufacturing lab in Whitchurch-Stouffville, issuing a Canada-wide warrant for 30-year-old Steen Eliasen on 14 weapons charges.
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Markham Kidnapping Dragnet: Third Suspect Amy Tang Wanted on Canada-Wide Warrant in Armed Abduction File
York Regional Police Homicide Unit issues a Canada-wide arrest warrant for 53-year-old Amy Tang, the third suspect identified in the armed kidnapping of a Richmond Hill businessman in Markham.
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Project Blade: York Regional Police Dismantle Armed Cocaine Syndicate Across Vaughan, Aurora and Toronto
York Regional Police unseal Project Blade, executing synchronized search warrants in Aurora, Vaughan, and Toronto to seize 28 ounces of cocaine, four firearms, $66K in cash, and arrest six syndicate members facing 40 criminal charges.