Pickup Truck Rams Toronto Magic Mushroom Dispensary in Suspected Targeted Attack
Police are searching for a masked driver who fled after the Bloor Street West crash.
Overview
- The crash struck the Shroomyz storefront at 497 Bloor Street West near Brunswick Avenue around 2:30 a.m. Thursday.
- Witnesses said the pickup hit the shop multiple times at high speed and the driver, reportedly wearing a ski mask, ran off on foot.
- Toronto police are treating the incident as possibly deliberate and officers remained on scene canvassing for witnesses.
- Authorities have not linked this crash to earlier violence targeting mushroom dispensaries and are asking the public for information.
- No injuries were reported and paramedics transported no one, following recent incidents that include an Aug. 11 vehicle strike and an Aug. 6 suspected arson at another Shroomyz location, plus May shootings at similar shops.