Toronto jewelry robbery suspect also wanted in $235,000 Durham theft

The suspect in the Fairview Mall jewelry-store shooting is now also tied to a $235,000 Durham theft, a progression that turns a luxury-goods crime into a broader public-safety threat inside one of Toronto’s most ordinary shopping spaces.

Toronto police say the case began at 10:05 a.m. on Tuesday, April 21, 2026, when a man walked into a jewellery store at CF Fairview Mall near Sheppard Avenue East and Don Mills Road in North York, stole merchandise and was confronted by mall security. Police said he shot the security officer before fleeing in a white van headed south on Don Mills Road. That van was later recovered near Shaughnessy Boulevard and George Henry Boulevard, and investigators say the suspect then escaped in a black Honda Accord.

Police identified the man as Kyle Douglas Prouse, 53, of Montreal, who also has ties to Toronto and Vancouver. He was described as wearing a grey hoodie, grey pants, a blue baseball cap, a white medical mask and black shoes, with flecks of white paint on his clothing. The security officer was taken to hospital with serious injuries and later remained in stable condition.

The Fairview Mall shooting has become part of a larger pattern. Toronto police say Prouse is wanted in connection with robberies and break-and-enters dating back to 2023 in Ontario and Quebec. They later linked him to an August 2023 Durham Region break-and-enter investigation involving a jewelry store robbery in Oshawa and an auto theft in Pickering. Durham police said the stolen vehicle was used in the jewelry store break-and-enter.

Police have framed Prouse as more than a thief on the run, describing him as posing an “escalating and dangerous” risk to public safety. Toronto police have offered a cash reward of up to $25,000 for information leading to his arrest, and the reward remains in effect until June 30, 2026.

For mall shoppers and jewelry buyers, the lesson is immediate: high-value retail now carries the kind of volatility once associated with far less public settings. A showcase theft can become a shooting in seconds, and the places where people browse diamond rings, gold chains and watches are increasingly the same places where police are now tracking repeat offenders across city lines and provincial borders.