Masked carjackers who terrorized a woman and a child near Heartland Town Centre in Mississauga on Wednesday night before fleeing with the vehicle are being hunted by police who call the incident a “disturbing event” for the community.
Peel Regional Police said in an email to insauga.com the incident unfolded just after 7 p.m. in a parking lot at Britannia Road West and Silken Laumann Way, steps west of Mavis Road and the large shopping centre.
As the woman was about to get into her rental car, she was confronted by two masked culprits who moments later sped away in the vehicle, police said.
A third suspect fled in another vehicle.
The woman was reportedly with a child when the carjackers targeted the pair and the rented vehicle.
Police didn’t say if the culprits were armed or if the woman was assaulted.
Witnesses and those with any information are asked to call police at 905-453-3311 or Peel Crime Stoppers anonymously at 1-800-222-8477.
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