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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.