

Chris Herhalt, CP24.com





Toronto police have released security camera footage of two men wanted in connection with an attempted murder and robbery at an apartment building in Toronto’s Niagara neighbourhood last June.

Police say that at 4:30 a.m. on Friday, June 26, a man was in the elevators of his apartment building in the area of Bathurst and Richmond streets, returning to his unit.

As the elevator doors opened, two men entered and allegedly began attacking him with hammers, continuing to strike as they brought the victim into the hallway.

Police allege the assailants got ahold of the victim’s keys, forced him inside his own apartment and continue to hit him with hammers, and also choked him and threatened him.

The attackers were scared off by a neighbour. Police say the suspects made off with a number of items that belong to the victim.

In the video footage released Wednesday, two individuals are seen exiting and entering an apartment building several times between 10:47 p.m. on Thursday, June 25 and 1:49 a.m., on Friday, June 26.

Const. Victor Kwong said the attack was targeted, and the assailants waited for nearly three hours for their victim to arrive.

Anyone with information about this incident is asked to call police at 416-808-1400, or Crime Stoppers at 416-222-8477 (TIPS).