Toronto’s headline news is beginning to sound like a teaser for the latest episode of Law & Order. At approximately 2:25 PM on Tuesday, September 9th Dayne Rose was shot multiple times including in the neck and torso, in a car traveling in the collector lanes of Highway 401, just west of Keele Street. His body was then dumped, or was pushed, or fell out of a car onto the eastbound collector lanes of Highway 401. The body came to rest between the middle and inside lanes. Witnesses reported that Mr. Rose tried to jump from a champagne coloured Lexus as the women driving the car opened fire with a silver pistol. A champagne coloured Lexus driven by a woman was seen fleeing the scene of the crime.

Miraculously Mr. Rose was not run over by the multitude of vehicles traveling on the 401 - a small mercy after being riddled with bullets. A tractor-trailer stopped behind Mr. Rose’s body and the other vehicles in the vicinity managed to avoid him. Toronto Police and the Ontario Provincial Police arrived at the scene to begin their investigation. Members of the Toronto Gun and Gang Task Force joined the investigation although it is not yet known if this crime was gang related. Although efforts were made to revive Mr. Rose, he was pronounced dead at the scene. His body was later moved to the Centre of Forensic Sciences for an autopsy.

Witnesses reported that the champagne coloured Lexus exited at Keele Street, traveled south to Falstaff Road, and then went west. Approximately 1 hour later the car was located in the Albion and Weston Roads area in Armel Court. The engine had been set on fire but Toronto firefighters put out the fire quickly. The vehicle, registered to a Richmond Hill business, is undergoing a forensic examination. A Mississauga woman, known to drive the champagne coloured Lexus, was located. Peel Police took 2 people into custody at approximately 6:30 PM, but they were later released.

If you have any information about this crime, please contact Detective Peter Code at 416-808-7393, Detective Mike Barsky at 416-808-7422, or Crime Stoppers anonymously by phone 416-222-TIPS (8477) or online at www.222tips.com.

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