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Unidentified couple sought for 2024 aggravated assault downtown

Victim was hit by car, then slashed by driver, suffering 'life-altering' injuries

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Investigators need help locating a vehicle thought to have been involved in an aggravated assault that occurred downtown late last year.

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They are hoping an image of the suspect vehicle, released Wednesday, can lead them to the assailant.

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Toronto Police say the victim was initially hit by a car while crossing College St. at Augusta Ave. – west of Spadina Ave. – around 2 a.m. on Dec. 1, 2024.

“The male driver got out of his car and began yelling at the victim and challenged the victim to a fight,” Const. Ashley Visser said in a statement.

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She said the driver parked his car on nearby Major St. before he and his female passenger hopped out.

“The victim approached the male,” Visser said. “The male brandished a knife and slashed the victim.”

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The driver and his passenger got back into their car and fled, she said, adding the victim suffered “life-altering injuries.”

The man who was driving the car has brown skin and is thought to be around 25 years old, about 5-foot-8 and unshaven with long hair. He was wearing an orange or brown jacket.

The female passenger is white with long black hair.

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The vehicle is described as possibly a light-coloured, four-door, older-model Mercedes-Benz E coupe.

Anyone with information regarding the identity or whereabouts of either suspect or the location of the suspect vehicle can call police at 416-808-1400 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).

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