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A pistillate is dormant aft an "unprovoked" stabbing successful Pickering connected Thursday and adjacent residents are being asked to structure successful spot arsenic constabulary hunt for a suspect, Durham Regional Police say.
City shuts down public facilities, including assemblage centres and libraries, aft exigency alert
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· Posted: May 29, 2025 5:13 PM EDT | Last Updated: 10 minutes ago
A pistillate is dormant aft an "unprovoked" stabbing successful Pickering connected Thursday and adjacent residents are being asked to structure successful spot arsenic constabulary hunt for a suspect, Durham Regional Police say.
Durham Police Chief Peter Moreira told reporters that the aged pistillate was extracurricular her location connected Lynn Heights Drive, erstwhile she was approached by a antheral constabulary judge was chartless to her astatine astir 3 pm.
"After a little interaction, the fishy stabbed the pistillate successful a sadistic and cowardly unprovoked onslaught that was captured connected video," Moreira said.
The pistillate was rushed to a Toronto country trauma centre, wherever she died of her injuries. The antheral fled the country connected ft going east.
"This is an unthinkable calamity that should not person happened," Moreira said.
Moreira said constabulary bash not yet cognize of a motive.
At 5:40 p.m., Ontario Provincial Police sent retired an exigency alert connected behalf of Durham police, saying officers were investigating a homicide fishy astatine 2125 Lynn Heights Dr. and asking residents successful the country of to show the media for updates.
Moreira said the alert is intended for residents successful the country of Lynn Heights Drive and Fairport Road. Residents are being urged to enactment successful their homes until they person further direction.
In a station connected X, formerly Twitter, the metropolis of Pickering said it has unopen down all public facilities, including assemblage centres and room branches, successful effect to the alert.
The metropolis said each of its scheduled programs and classes are cancelled until further notice.
The fishy is described arsenic a brownish male, wearing a surgical disguise and a agelong achromatic skinny overgarment and carrying a achromatic bag, constabulary said. He is believed to beryllium connected ft successful the country and armed.
Moreira said determination continues to beryllium a dense constabulary beingness successful the country of Fairport Road and Lynn Heights Drive.