Toronto Police Seek Suspect Who Put Transit Passenger on Chokehold in Random Attack

Toronto Police Seek Suspect Who Put Transit Passenger on Chokehold in Random Attack
Police cars surround a TTC streetcar on Spadina Ave. in Toronto on Jan. 24, 2023, after a stabbing incident. The Canadian Press/Arlyn McAdorey
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The Toronto Police Service (TPS) is asking for the public’s help in identifying a man who allegedly attacked a passenger on a bus and put him in a chokehold without provocation.

The police received a call on June 2, at roughly 7:40 a.m., in the area of Kennedy Road and Sheppard Avenue East. According to a June 4 TPS news release, the victim was on an eastbound Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) bus standing by the front doors.