Murders in Mississauga, Caledon linked to residential shootings in Brampton: police
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Police say two separate homicide investigations in Mississauga and Caledon and a string of residential shootings in Brampton last November are now believed to be connected and investigators are appealing to the public for help identifying the perpetrators.
Police say two separate homicide investigations in Mississauga and Caledon and a string of residential shootings in Brampton last November are now believed to be connected and investigators are appealing to the public for help identifying the perpetrators.
Officers with both Peel Regional Police and Ontario Provincial Police provided an update on the joint investigation, dubbed Project Midnight, at a news conference on Thursday afternoon.
Police said “investigative information and forensic evidence” have confirmed that five shootings in Peel Region, including two that resulted in the deaths of three people, are linked.
“Although the police believe that all the shootings were targeted, the victims in the homicides were not the intended targets,” Peel police said Thursday.
According to police, three of the five shooting incidents occurred in Brampton over a one-week period prior to the homicides.
On Nov. 7, officers were called to the area of Cottrelle Boulevard and Thorndale Road after police said two suspects discharged firearms outside of a residence and fled in a black Dodge RAM 1500 pickup truck.
Another shooting was reported on Nov. 11 at a home near Lorenville Drive and Elbern Markell Drive. Police said in that incident, the two suspects fled in a burgundy Dodge Ram 1500 pickup truck.
