Male hospitalized after armed carjacking, another in custody

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A male was rushed to hospital while another male was in custody after police responded to a reported carjacking downtown on Wednesday night.

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Toronto Police said officers responded at 7:15 p.m. to reports of a carjacking in the Dundas-Carroll Sts. area just east of Regent Park and the Don Valley Parkway exit.

Police said in a post to social-media site X that a male was shot and a suspect fled in the victim’s car.

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The male was taken to hospital via an emergency run.

Police said a vehicle was located abandoned and there was a brief foot pursuit.

Cops said a male was in custody and a firearm had been recovered.

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FOOTAGE OF VEHICLE RELEASED IN FATAL HIT-AND-RUN PROBE

Police have released video footage of a suspect vehicle as they attempt to track down the driver of a white Cadillac Escalade that fled the scene of a now-fatal hit-and-run last week in Scarborough. 

Toronto Police said that a pedestrian who was struck in a collision last Thursday — a 71-year-old man — died of his injuries in a hospital this past weekend. 

Police said they responded to the crash on Thursday at about 11:50 p.m. in the Kennedy Rd.-McNicoll Ave. area of north Scarborough. 

A white Cadillac Escalade travelling westbound on McNicoll turned left onto Kennedy and collided with the pedestrian before fleeing the scene. 

Anyone with information or dashcam video is asked to call police at 416-808-1900, or contact Crime Stoppers at 416-222-TIPS or at 222tips.com. 

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