Shots fired at Toronto Jewish girls school overnight, police say. Building was also targeted in May | CBC News
For the second time since May, police say shots were fired at a Jewish girls elementary school in Toronto.
Around 4 a.m. Saturday, suspects in a motor vehicle allegedly “discharged a firearm” at Bais Chaya Mushka Girls Elementary School in North York, Toronto police said on X Saturday morning.
There were no reports of injuries, police said.
A police spokesperson told CBC Toronto investigators would be able to provide more details to the media this afternoon.
Chesswood Drive is closed in both directions while police investigate, police said. They are asking anyone with information about the incident to contact them.
On X, Coun. Brad Bradford responded to the police post Saturday, condemning the act against a Jewish school on Yom Kippur, one of the most sacred days in the Jewish calendar.
“Antisemitism has been allowed to swell in our city with no action,” he said in the post.
Police did not say whether the incident was being investigated as a hate crime.
School experienced similar incident in May
This isn’t the first time the empty school was shot in the early morning hours this year.
In May, police opened an investigation after unknown suspects allegedly fired on the school early on a Saturday morning.
After that shooting, community members and politicians held a rally condemning hatred and antisemitism.
Premier Doug Ford also condemned the shooting at a news conference days after the incident, controversially saying immigrants were responsible for it, despite there being no evidence that was the case.
