Maple Leafs confirm Mitch Marner was carjacked

We can confirm Mitch Marner was the unfortunate victim of a carjacking in Etobicoke on Monday evening. He was unharmed in the incident and the Club & Mitch are thankful for Toronto Police Services’ support. Anyone with information is asked to reach out to Toronto Police Services.

— Leafs PR (@LeafsPR) May 17, 2022

TPS has asked that neither Mitch or the Club comment any further on the details of the incident as this is an ongoing investigation.

— Leafs PR (@LeafsPR) May 17, 2022

The original TPS report:

CARJACKING:
The Queensway + Islington Av
* 7:46 pm *
- Man robbed of car
- Black Range Rover
- 3 suspects
- 2 with handguns, 1 with a knife
- Suspects have fled in the Range Rover
- Police searching area#GO919574
^dh pic.twitter.com/Yg7tqwa45P

— Toronto Police Operations (@TPSOperations) May 16, 2022

Update: first official police statement beyond the tweet above was made Tuesday afternoon.

The victims of last night’s car jacking were a man and woman in their 20s, Harris said. I believe details of a female victim is new. Uniformed and plainclothes officers continue to patrol citywide and make arrests in auto theft cases, he said.

— Jennifer Pagliaro (@jpags) May 17, 2022

“Evidence suggests this was a crime of opportunity,” Harris said. Said the victims complied and that’s exactly what police suggest victims of carjackings do.

— Jennifer Pagliaro (@jpags) May 17, 2022

“There is a definite level of sophistication,” among these carjacking groups Harris said. Too early to say if there is a more organized element to last night’s carjacking

— Jennifer Pagliaro (@jpags) May 17, 2022