A man who allegedly shot a woman in Mississauga and stole a police cruiser Tuesday afternoon is still wanted in Thunder Bay on a second-degree murder charge in the beating death of a man in 2017.

The manhunt continues for Michael Cleghorn, 31, of no fixed address, who is wanted for attempted murder in the Mississauga shooting this week.

“We will be staying in contact with Peel police and monitoring their investigation,” Thunder Bay police spokesperson Chris Adams told the Star.

Cleghorn is also still wanted by Toronto police for allegedly sexually assaulting a child between 2014 and 2015. Police have a warrant for Cleghorn’s arrest for sexual assault, sexual interference, indecent exposure and uttering threats, Const. Jenifferjit Sidhu said in an email.

Peel Region police say that around 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, they received a call about a shooting on Apple Blossom Cir., near Mavis Rd. and White Clover Way, and found a woman with a gunshot wound. The 29-year-old woman was taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

The suspect fled through a nearby park. On Sandford Farm Dr., the suspect got in to an unoccupied police cruiser and took off. As he drove away, a police officer fired at the cruiser, the Special Investigations Unit said.

The suspect abandoned the cruiser on Idlewilde Cres., and then stole a civilian vehicle, the SIU said.

The car is described as a white 2013 Hyundai Sante Fe SUV with licence plate AYVL 950.

While the suspect hasn’t been found, evidence in the cruiser indicates the man may have suffered an injury, the SIU said in a news release Tuesday.

The SIU is an arm’s length agency that investigates reports involving police where there has been death, serious injury or allegations of sexual assault.

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Ilya Bañares is a breaking news reporter, working out of the Star's radio room in Toronto. Follow him on Twitter: @ilyaoverseas

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