Three Toronto police officers were injured Thursday afternoon during two suspected auto thefts that occurred almost a block away from each other.
Due to the sensitive and/or legal subject matter of some of the content on globalnews.ca, we reserve the ability to disable comments from time to time.At 12:17 p.m., police said an officer was attempting to stop a vehicle that was reported stolen near Finch Avenue West and Silverstone Drive in Rexdale.
Police said the driver of the stolen vehicle rammed the officer’s scout car, and fled the area. The officer sustained minor injuries. No suspect description was provided. Some 17 minutes later at 12:34 p.m. near Albion Road and Silverstone Drive, police say they were trying to stop a vehicle that had stolen plates attached to it.The force said the occupants got out of the car and fled on foot. The officers were hurt during a foot chase, sustaining minor injuries. Two people were later arrested.an officer approached two people at the time and one of them shot him, before they both fled the area.
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