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Police have released images of two women who shot at an 11-year-old girl during an attempted jewelry heist in Woodbridge last year.
Det.-Sgt. Mike Fleischaker, of the of hold-up unit, described to media on Friday what police believe happened on Aug. 1, 2014. The allegations have not been proven in court.
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At around 7:50 p.m., he said, a female suspect entered the store, pretending to be a customer. She asked to look at several items before leaving.
She returned half an hour later with a second woman. She asked to see a white gold necklace again. She then allegedly pulled out a handgun, repeatedly demanding that the owner turn over the necklace.
The second suspect was wielding a Taser. When the owner didn’t hand over the necklace, she used the Taser on him and on an employee. The owner ran into a back room.
The first suspect shot at him.
“The round narrowly missed the owner, went through the door and lodged in a wall in the back of the business,” said Fleischaker.
The woman with the Taser then allegedly jumped over the counter and grabbed the 11-year-old daughter of the owner. The first suspect was “just a few feet” from the girl when she pointed the gun and, according to witnesses, pulled the trigger multiple times.
“For reasons unknown, the firearm failed to fire.”
Three male suspects had been trying to enter the store, added Fleischaker. A security system had activated by this point, so they were able to enter the first set of doors, but not the second.
The owner and an employee ran back out into the room and “engaged in a struggle with the two female suspects,” he said. The suspects grabbed “an item of jewelry” and then fled with the males.
They got into a black BMW and drove away, heading east on Steeles Ave.
“Clearly, the female suspects here were extremely violent and were quite prepared to do whatever it took to accomplish their goal of obtaining some jewelry, including shooting a firearm at an owner and also his 11-year-old daughter,” said Fleischaker.
Nine months later, police are still looking for all five people involved. They are asking the public to provide information that might help.
Police released several images of the suspects taken from security footage. One of the women was wearing a distinctive kind of poncho with lightning bolts on it.
“We also know from investigating crimes that bad people talk,” said Fleischaker. “Bad guys and bad girls, they talk, and they’ll share the stories of their events and their robbery occurrences with people they know.”
He asked anyone with knowledge of such stories to call York Regional Police at 1-866-876-5423 x. 6630, or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).
Suspect descriptions have been released.
The first female was reportedly black with a medium complexion and a medium build, 5-foot-3 to 5-foot-7 and 22 to 27 years old with black, braided hair and brown highlights. She was wearing a grey and white shawl, grey shirt, sunglasses, white socks and black shoes. She was carrying a purse and armed with a gun.
The second female was black with shoulder-length black, frizzy hair. She was lighter-skinned, taller and thinner than the first woman. She was wearing a beige baseball cap, white running shoes, black yoga pants and a black t-shirt. She was armed with a Taser.
All three men are black. The first was wearing black clothing, sunglasses and white gloves. He was carrying a black duffel bag. The second was dressed all in black with a red baseball cap. The third had a black hoodie, black pants, white gloves and a bag.
Agencies/Canadajournal
