Suspect in shooting rampage arrived at coffee shop 2 hours before killing Toronto police officer

Mississauga two hours prior to killing Toronto police Const. Andrew Hong.In an update on Thursday, Peel and Halton’s police chiefs spoke at a news conference outlining additional information learned after several shootings that claimed the lives of two men and injured three others.Peel Regional Police chief Nishan Duraiappah said the suspect — identified as 40-year-old Sean Petrie — had been at the Tim Hortons, in the area of Winston Churchill Boulevard and Argentia Road, for two hours and 15 minutes before fatally shooting Hong.Petrie had driven there in a red Toyota Corolla and parked it in an adjacent lot, Duraiappah said.

Timeline of Monday’s Toronto-area shootings that left 2 victims dead, 3 injured Const. Hong, a 22 year veteran for Toronto police, was in Mississauga for a motorcycle operation course sponsored by Peel when he took his lunch break.The 48-year-old officer had offered to get his colleagues coffee when the “suspect ambushed and shot him at close range,” Duraiappah said.Hong was pronounced dead at the scene.Police said they believe the motive for shooting Hong was he was deliberately targeted and that Petrie was “looking for” a “uniformed officer.”After Hong was shot, Duraiappah said Petrie then fled the Tim Hortons and shot and carjacked another victim in the parking lot and successfully stole the vehicle.That victim is now in stable condition, Duraiappah said, but has suffered life-altering injuries.

Milton, Ont. shooting victim Shakeel Ashraf remembered as community man The suspect then proceeded to Milton where he shot three people at an autobody shop, MK Auto Repairs on Bronte Street near Main Street.The owner, 38-year-old Shakeel Ashraf, died as a result of the shooting.Halton Regional Police.