Toronto police are set to provide an update Thursday morning on a shooting outside the U.S. Consulate late last month.
Chief Myron Demkiw and Chief Supt. Joe Matthews are scheduled to speak to reporters at 11 a.m. on the July 27 incident.
Around 4:46 a.m. that day, an officer stationed near the consulate at 360 University Ave. heard the shot ring out. Evidence of the shooting was located outside the consulate. A single shell casing was recovered and there was damage to the facade.
A white late-model Honda Accord with no licence plates was seen speeding away from the building. Officers engaged in a high-speed chase along Gerrard Street East and onto the Don Valley Parkway, with speeds exceeding 140 kilometres per hour. Officers stopped the chase near Don Mills Road and the DVP, as per protocol, police said.
Police did not provide a description of the suspect. Two security personnel were inside the consulate at the time, but no injuries were reported.
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Earlier this year, the U.S. Consulate was targeted in a shooting that American authorities linked to an alleged international campaign from Iranian-backed groups against targets in Europe and North America. An Iraqi national in the U.S. is facing terrorism charges tied to the March 10 shooting.
An 18-year-old man was also arrested last month in Toronto. Sheldon Tracy-Stewart was charged with 11 counts, including discharging a firearm, illegal firearm possession and vehicle theft.
Court documents obtained by Global News also allege Tracy-Stewart was bound by a release order at the time of his arrest. He is charged with failing to comply with a release order under the Criminal Code.
The investigation also saw the death of a veteran Toronto police officer. Const. Marc Pinizzotto, a member of the emergency task force, was shot at while assisting in a raid tied to the probe.
Nicholas Bennett, a 19-year-old man, was charged with first-degree murder.
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