Brampton man, 51, identified as victim of fatal shooting in Mississauga parking lot

Muriel Draaisma · CBC News

· Posted: May 17, 2025 5:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 20 minutes ago

Peel Regional Police person identified a Brampton antheral who died successful infirmary aft helium was changeable respective times successful a Mississauga parking batch this week successful what investigators judge was a targeted shooting.

Harjeet Dhadda, 51, was approached by suspects soon earlier noon connected Wednesday and changeable successful a lot adjacent Tranmere Drive and Telford Way, constabulary said successful a quality merchandise connected Friday. The country is adjacent Toronto's Pearson International Airport.

When officers arrived, they recovered Dhadda with "obvious signs of trauma," constabulary said successful a scrum pursuing the shooting. Emergency personnel performed CPR earlier rushing him to a section hospital, wherever helium aboriginal died.

Police said successful the merchandise that the shooters fled the country successful a stolen achromatic 2018 Dodge Challenger, which officers person recovered. Police released a photograph of the conveyance connected Friday.

Const. Michelle Stafford, spokesperson for Peel police, said successful the scrum: "At this constituent we judge this to beryllium an isolated incidental and determination is nary menace to nationalist safety."

On the societal media level LinkedIn, Dhadda is described arsenic a commercialized security broker.

According to societal media posts from his children, Dhadda had received threats successful caller years, which were reported to police.

'And present an guiltless antheral is gone,' girl says

The victim's daughter, who identifies herself arsenic Gurlin Dhadda connected Instagram, said successful an Instagram station connected Thursday that she wants justness for her father.

"For the past fewer years, my begetter was receiving repeated menace and extortion calls. In April 2023, we adjacent faced a imaginable attack. We reported these threats to the police. We begged for protection. But our cries for assistance went unanswered. The strategy that was expected to support america safe, failed him," she said successful the post.

"Despite wide signs of danger, nary information was provided by police. No meaningful enactment was taken. And present an guiltless antheral is gone," she added.

"Our assemblage is grieving, but we are besides outraged. We ask: What is the authorities doing astir rising extortion and targeted violence? Why are guiltless radical near defenceless portion the threats turn louder?  When the authorities neglect to support us, what options bash we have?"

Gurlin, who supplied a photo of her begetter to CBC Toronto, said his decease is simply a heavy idiosyncratic loss. She described him arsenic the backbone of their household and the section Sikh community.

'My begetter did not merit this,' lad says

The victim's son, who identifies himself arsenic Tanveer Singh Dhadda, called on political leaders to instrumentality a hard look astatine the laws successful Canada.

"My begetter did not merit this. He was not progressive successful thing criminal. He lived an honorable life. Yet, those who came to harm him were equipped with amerciable weapons, operating with implicit disregard for the instrumentality and seemingly without fearfulness of consequences," helium said.

"We trusted the authorities to support us, but they person failed. Our bureau is located adjacent the airdrome successful an country known for a precocious constabulary beingness yet still, my begetter was gunned down successful wide daylight. If specified a convulsive enactment tin instrumentality spot here, what information bash mundane citizens genuinely have?"

CBC Toronto reached retired to Peel constabulary to inquire if they had received reports astir threats against Dhadda, but did not get a effect successful clip for publication.

Both big children said in their posts that their begetter was a respected subordinate of the community, a devoted father, a hard moving businessman and a Canadian nonmigratory since 1997. 

"He went beyond to assistance each and each person," Tanveer said in one post:

Police said successful the merchandise that investigators are alert of "unverified accusation circulating online" astir a imaginable motive. 

"Peel Regional Police is urging the nationalist to refrain from speculation arsenic this remains an progressive investigation, and each imaginable leads volition beryllium thoroughly examined," constabulary said.

Peel constabulary Chief Nishan Duraiappah has said that constabulary noticed a "disturbing" inclination successful precocious 2023 successful which concern owners were becoming the victims of extortion attempts for ample sums of wealth nether the menace of violence. Many of the concern owners targeted were South Asian.

In effect to the threats, constabulary acceptable up the Peel Regional Police Extortion Investigative Task Force (EITF), a team made up of investigative and quality units supported by tactical teams. The task unit has launched investigations, made arrests, laid charges and seized guns, drugs and stolen vehicles.

Police person not commented connected whether the homicide is connected to extortion threats.

Anyone with accusation is being asked to interaction constabulary oregon Crime Stoppers.