A Montreal man has been named as a suspect in the shooting of a security guard during a jewelry store robbery at a Toronto-area mall this week, police say.
City police are on the lookout for 53-year-old Kyle Douglas Prouse in connection with the April 21 shooting at Fairview Mall in North York, a district of Toronto, shortly after 10 a.m.
Prouse is also a suspect in an August 2023 break-and-enter investigation in Durham Region and is known to have ties to both Toronto and Vancouver, the Toronto Police Service said in a press release.
Kyle Douglas Prouse, 53, of Montreal, has been named as a suspect by Toronto police in the shooting of a Fairview Mall security guard and the robbery of a jewelry store. (Toronto police handout photo)
Officers responded to reports of a shooting at the mall at 10:05 a.m., where they found the victim outside the Michael Hill jewelry store suffering from a gunshot wound. Police said the security guard was shot after he attempted to apprehend a man who “stole a quantity of merchandise” from the store. …