Prouse on the Run After Toronto Mall Shooting

0:00It's April 22nd. Canada News Today starts now. AI powered and ready. Police are hunting for 53-year-old Kyle Douglas Prouse after shooting at Toronto's Fairview Mall on Tuesday. He allegedly robbed the jewelry store, right as it opened, shot a security guard during the confrontation, and grabbed some jewels before bolting. The guard's now in stable condition after being rushed to the hospital. Turns out, Prouse has a longer rap sheet tying into this mess. Durham police linked him to a two-year-old break-in at an Ashawa jewelry store, where these made off with over $235,000. Dollars and goods using a stolen vehicle from Pickering. That same ride connected the dots between the crimes. Witnesses heard the bang, and saw the guard collapse yelling he was shot. Cops called it a planned hit. The seventh jewelry heist in Toronto this year, though numbers are down from last year. Prouse, originally from Montreal, with ties to Toronto and Vancouver, has a history of similar crimes, stretching back two decades in British Columbia.

1:04Court records show convictions for trying to break into Vancouver jewelry spots, bang robberies with pepper spray assaults, and weapons charges. Landing him multiple jail stints that didn't seem to stick. After fleeing the mall in a white van, he ditched it near Shepherd Avenue East and Don Mills Road for a Black Honda Accord. Also police describe him as a white guy, in a grey hoodie with the hood up, grey pants, blue baseball cap, white medical mask, and black shoes. They're urging anyone with tips to come forward as the search ramps up across the region.