Police call shooting at U.S. consulate in Toronto 'national security incident,' seek 2 suspects

Source: CBC

Two suspects are being sought after a multiple shots were fired at the U.S. consulate in downtown Toronto Tuesday morning, in what police are calling a "national security incident."

At a joint news conference outside the consulate late Tuesday morning, officials from the RCMP and Toronto Police Service said officers responded to reports that someone had shot at the building, located near Queen Street W. and University Avenue, around 5:30 a.m.

However, Toronto police Deputy Chief Frank Barredo said the shooting itself is believed to have happened at 4:29 a.m.

A white Honda CR-V heading southbound on University Avenue reportedly stopped in front of the consulate at that time, Barredo said. Two male individuals then got out of the vehicle and fired multiple rounds at the building with a handgun, he said, before getting back inside and driving southbound.

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