The shooter who targeted an Ontario synagogue during Yom Kippur committed a hate-motivated anti-Jewish offense, police said, adding that officers stopped a potentially larger attack.
A team of four investigators and two forensic investigators was assigned to the case, in which a police cruiser, other vehicles, and nearby homes were hit by up to 30-rounds of gunfire.
Ontario Premier Doug Ford also condemned the shooting in a post on social media, saying Jewish community members had "every right to gather and worship safely and without fear."
Kerzner said that an anti-Israel Eaton Centre Boxing Day protest last Friday and near-weekly marches through the Bathurst and Sheppard residential neighborhoods were completely unacceptable.
The director of government relations in Ontario added that the policy direction is especially troubling in light of a recent federal report documenting rising antisemitism in Ontario.