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Shooting suspects nabbed by police in Heyden (video)

Police say three Toronto men were fleeing Thunder Bay following double shooting; Ontario Northland bus intercepted at gas station north of the Sault Wednesday morning
2020-08-04 City Police Stock BC
Sault Ste. Marie Police file photo. Brad Coccimiglio/SooToday

3:18 p.m. update: 

Three men from Toronto have been arrested in relation to a double shooting in Thunder Bay after police intercepted an Ontario Northland bus north of Sault Ste. Marie Wednesday morning. 

A reader-submitted video shows members of Sault Ste. Marie Police Service and Ontario Provincial Police swarming the bus, which was parked outside of a gas station on Highway 17 in Heyden at the time of the arrests.  

According to Thunder Bay Police Service, the three men had fled Thunder Bay following a shooting that sent two people to hospital Tuesday night.

It's believed the shooting was related to drug trafficking activity.     

Their identities and the nature of the charges against them have yet to be released. 

Original story:

Arrests have made after members of the Ontario Provincial Police and Sault Ste. Marie Police Service intercepted an Ontario Northland bus north of Sault Ste. Marie Wednesday morning. 

A reader-submitted video shows officers swarming the bus in the parking lot of a gas station in Heyden. 

An individual with knowledge of the situation tells SooToday that three people are currently in custody. 

SooToday has reached out to police and will have more information when it becomes available.  



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