Tow truck driver shot at Scarborough gas station
Posted March 4, 2025 11:51 pm.
Last Updated March 5, 2025 9:36 am.
A tow truck driver is recovering from his injuries after he was shot at a Scarborough gas station late Tuesday night.
Toronto police say they were called to Lawrence Avenue East and Warden Avenue around 11:20 p.m. to reports of a shooting.
A man in his 20s was taken to the hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries.
Police say the suspect or suspects fled in a vehicle.
A witness tells 680 NewsRadio the man was washing his pickup in a stall at the self-serve car wash and had walked out to near the vacuum stand, when a dark-coloured car pulled up and a gunman inside the vehicle opened fire.
According to the witness, the man was shot in the leg, and he, along with his friend, assisted the victim until paramedics arrived.
“He was screaming, someone call the ambulance, I got shot. … One of my friends, he takes a cloth and applies pressure to stop the bleeding,” the witness said.
Investigators have not released any further details at this time.
With files from Carl Hanstke, 680 NewsRadio
