A Vaughan cafe shooting has left two people dead and two people injured.
According to CBC News , York Regional Police say that a man walked into a Vaughan, Ontario, cafe and opened fire on Wednesday, June 24.
The gunshots could be heard at approximately 8:18 a.m. Wednesday morning at the Moka cafe on Highway 7, near Islington Avenue in Vaughan. According to York EMS, there were two victims declared dead at the scene, and two others were injured and taken to a GTA hospital with life-threatening injuries, Inside Belleville reports . The identities of the victims, including their names, genders, and ages, wouldn’t be released until the next of kin had been notified.
UPDATED: Two found without vital signs after shooting at Vaughan cafe: paramedics http://t.co/lf9nSdYCwY pic.twitter.com/uObLmNOGom
— CP24 (@CP24) June 24, 2015
The police are in the early stages of an investigation into the Vaughan cafe shooting, and are also not releasing any details regarding the suspect. They are, however, asking for any witnesses to come forward.
“VAUGHAN SHOOTING: If you were in the area of Hwy #7 and Islington between 8 a.m. and 8:18 a.m. and witnessed anything please contact police,” the York Regional Police tweeted .
VAUGHAN SHOOTING: If you were in the area of Hwy #7 and Islington between 8 a.m. and 8:18 a.m. and witnessed anything please contact police.
— York Regional Police (@YRP) June 24, 2015
The Moka cafe was previously known as the Doppio Espresso Bar, and is located between a Pizza Pizza and a convenience store. Because that area of the interstate stays pretty busy, and the shooting occurred during the morning rush, the police are hoping that there was someone that caught what happened.
“If a person was in that area at that time, if they have cameras, that would be absolutely a big help,” Const. Laura Nicolle said.
“If anyone has any kind of video, or was in that area and noted anything – noted a vehicle speeding away or anything like that – we would absolutely want to hear from them,” she added.
Vaughan café shooting kills 2, injures 2 http://t.co/VxJWxgz6X7 pic.twitter.com/2sdUhlCk0S
— Gabrielle Sabourin (@GabSabourin) June 24, 2015
Carmen Palma, an employee at the Active Green and Ross Tire and Automotive Centre located in the strip mall, said she didn’t hear the shooting because their compressors were so loud. She didn’t even know anything had happened until the police showed up and started closing down the street.
“We just seen cops come by, and then they started closing down the street, so we didn’t see anything at all,” Palma said. “We just see the aftermath of everything.”
“It’s pretty scary. It’s kind of scary,” she added. “If we would have got here a little bit earlier we would have gotten caught right in the middle of it.”
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