Manhunt underway for suspect in Toronto U.S. consulate shooting

A manhunt was underway after Toronto police Const. Marc Pinizzotto was killed during search warrants tied to a March shooting at the U.S. Consulate in downtown Toronto. Police said one 19-year-old suspect was in hospital in critical condition, while another 19-year-old remained at large and was considered armed and dangerous.

The case has widened from a single attack on a diplomatic building into a sprawling security probe involving Toronto police, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and the Ontario Special Investigations Unit. Toronto Police Chief Myron Demkiw said the investigation involved multiple shootings across the Greater Toronto Area, including the consulate attack, and police treated the March incident as a national security case.

The original shooting happened on March 10, 2026, outside the U.S. Consulate at 360 University Avenue. Toronto police said two suspects in a white Honda CR-V stopped outside the building before sunrise and fired multiple rounds at the consulate before fleeing. No one was injured, but the facade was damaged, and the attack sent the case into the orbit of federal and international security agencies.

Pinizzotto, 43, was shot and killed around 5:40 a.m. on Thursday, June 11, 2026, during the execution of search warrants in northwestern Toronto near Trethewey Drive and Black Creek Drive. Police said he had served 18 years with the Toronto Police Service and spent the last five years with the Emergency Task Force.

The Ontario Special Investigations Unit is now examining the circumstances of his death. The fatal shooting has sharpened attention on how quickly investigations around protected sites can escalate, especially when a consular attack is tied to broader gun crime and a suspect remains on the run.

Global News reported that a warrant for Zara Jabbi, 19, alleged he stole a vehicle on March 10 before intentionally firing a handgun at the American consulate building. The document also alleged an attack on the official premises of an internationally protected person, underscoring the diplomatic stakes attached to the case.

The March shooting has also drawn international attention. U.S. prosecutors have linked it to an individual they believe was associated with the Iranian regime and connected to attacks across the United States, Canada and Europe. U.S. Ambassador to Canada Pete Hoekstra called the shooting “deeply troubling.”