3 shot and wounded outside Woodbridge lounge
All three victims had non-life-threatening injuries. One suspect fled on foot from the scene.

thestar.com
By PETER EDWARDS
July 18, 2017

Organized crime investigators are looking into whether the Monday night shooting of three men outside a Woodbridge sports bar is connected to a string of violent attacks in York Region.

“Investigators believe the shooting was targeted,” Const. Andy Pattenden said in a prepared statement.

The men were shot outside the Novantesimo Minuto 90 Minute Sports Bar at 7611 Pine Valley Drive, near Highway 7 and Pine Valley Drive at 11:30 p.m. Monday, police said.

When police arrived, they found a 29-year-old Toronto man, a 33-year-old Toronto man and a 47-year-old Vaughan resident all suffering from non-life-threatening gunshot wounds.

The men were taken to hospital and one man has since been released from hospital.

“Investigators believe that a lone suspect approached the three men who were standing outside of the sports bar,” Pattenden said in the prepared statement.

The gunman began shooting at the men with a long gun, and then fled on foot.

Police have asked anyone who might have dash cam video to come forward.

The sports bar shooting comes just a week after a bullet bounced off the window of the Motorino Enoteca restaurant at 4101 Rutherford Road, near Weston Road.

Police said that multiple shots were fired in the parking lot.

None of the approximately 40 people inside the restaurant were injured, York Regional Police said.

Suspects had fled by the time police arrived.

The bullet didn’t strike the window directly and was apparently from a small calibre gun.

Exactly who fired it or why remains a mystery, like the other attacks. According to investigators, a male suspect wearing dark clothing was seen fleeing from the scene on foot.

Organized crime investigators are probing whether the two shootings are related to last month’s explosion that knocked a wall out of the Caffe Corretto on Winges Road in Vaughan.

The cafe was one of 11 establishments hit by a multi-jurisdictional police sweep in January 2016 against illegal gambling machines.

Illegal gambling machines were taken from the cafe at that time, police said.

One man has been arrested in the Corretto case. He was spotted nearby, suffering from non-life-threatening injuries.

Another suspect is still being sought.

Police are asking anyone with video, photos or information on the shooting to contact York Regional police or Crime Stoppers at 1-866-876-5423, ext. 7441.