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York police seek witnesses after Richmond Hill theatre shootings

York Regional Police are seeking witnesses after a series of shootings outside a cinema north of Toronto.

Spate of shootings across GTA theatres earlier this year pushed Cineplex to cancel South Indian film screening

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A spate of cinema shootings across the Greater Toronto Area earlier this year pushed theatre operator Cineplex Inc. to cancel screenings of South Indian film Malaikottai Vaaliban. York police are looking for witnesses after three shootings outside of a Richmond Hill cinema in just over a month. (Arlyn McAdorey/The Canadian Press)

York Regional Police are seeking witnesses after a series of shootings outside a cinema north of Toronto.

Police say video surveillance from 2:30 a.m. Friday shows a suspect in a dark SUV firing multiple shots toward the entrance of the theatre at East Beaver Creek Road and Highway 7 in Richmond Hill, Ont., before fleeing.

Investigators said the incident was discovered when a theatre employee arrived for work at around 7 a.m. on Friday and found the windows of several doors shattered.

This is the third shooting to occur at the cinema in just over a month.

"In all three occurrences, there were no injuries," police said in a news release Friday.

A white, four-door pickup truck with a black cargo bed cover, a red SUV with silver rims and a dark coloured SUV with black rims.
York Regional Police have released photos of three suspect vehicles: a red SUV with silver rims, a white, four-door pickup truck with a black cargo bed cover and a dark coloured SUV with black rims. (York Regional Police handout)

Someone in a white, four-door pickup truck with a black cargo bed cover fired shots at the theatre's entrance on May 17. Two days later, someone in a red SUV with silver rims shot at the same entrance.

A spate of cinema shootings across the Greater Toronto Area earlier this year pushed theatre operator Cineplex Inc. to cancel screenings of South Indian film Malaikottai Vaaliban.

With files from CBC News