Shot fired outside US consulate in Toronto for second time this year

TORONTO, July 27 - At least one shot was fired outside the U.S. consulate in downtown Toronto early on Monday but there were no injuries, police said, in what was the second such incident in the last four months.

Police officers, alerted by the sound of a gunshot, said they found evidence of a weapon having been fired outside the building on University Avenue.

In a post on X, police said a white sedan was seen fleeing the scene, adding no injuries were reported, they said.

A Reuters reporter on the scene said police had sealed off the immediate area.

On March 10, several shots were fired at the same building. The incident followed three separate incidents in which gunshots were fired at synagogues in the Toronto area.

In June police said, without providing any more details, that young people in the Toronto area were being paid to shoot at various targets, including synagogues, Jewish schools, and the U.S. Consulate. REUTERS