A 27-year-old man is in custody after allegedly pointing a handgun at someone before attempting to flee police in an early morning confrontation in downtown Toronto.
Toronto police say just before 1:30 a.m. Saturday, a man was driving a silver Volkswagen in the King Street West and Portland Street area when he allegedly pointed a firearm at another person.
Video obtained by CityNews shows police surrounding the vehicle and ordering the driver to turn off the engine and get out of the car. The driver then reversed the car, striking a scooter and another vehicle before attempting to flee the scene down an alleyway, where it struck another parked car before coming to a stop.
Police surrounded the vehicle and were able to arrest the driver.
Mrunmay Ukey has been charged with failing to stop for police and dangerous operation of a vehicle.
Further charges are possible as police continue to investigate.
Alishba Zarmeen was at a nearby club when she returned to her car to find it had been damaged. A bystander informed her of what had happened and showed her a video of the incident.
“It was scary, it was crazy,” she told CityNews on Sunday.
“My decisions to go out and meet my friends should not be dependant on whether there is criminal activity that could hurt me. I’m really lucky that I was not in the car at the time or I was nowhere close to it.”
