Police searching for two suspects, SUV allegedly involved in East York ATM explosion
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Toronto police have released images of two men as well as an SUV they believe were involved in the attempted theft of an Automated Teller Machine (ATM) in East York over the weekend.
Toronto police have released images of two men as well as an SUV they believe were involved in the attempted theft of an Automated Teller Machine (ATM) in East York over the weekend.
The incident happened on Sunday at about 4:45 a.m. at a TD Canada Trust branch at 801 O’Connor Drive, near St. Clair Avenue East.
According to police, a grey SUV drove up to the financial institution and an explosive device was allegedly set up against an outdoor bank machine.
Two men then exited the vehicle and allegedly waited around the corner as the SUV parked nearby.
Police said that the device detonated about 10 minutes later, damaging the ATM, which is a drive-thru model and is independent from the main building.
They said the two men then ran towards the bank machine “only to find that the cash box was not breached.”
In surveillance video obtained by CTV News, two men are seen walking casually away from the area of the ATM moments before the explosion. They duck into an entryway along O’Connor Drive. One man then moves on to another doorway, appearing to dart in quickly right before a cloud of dust or debris is seen in the top left corner, where the ATM is located. Seconds later, they’re both seen running back toward the bank machine.
