A man was critically injured and two other men sustained minor injuries after a fight broke out around the Brampton and Halton Hills border on Wednesday, June 20.

The incident occurred in the area of Winston Churchill Boulevard and Steeles Avenue shortly after midnight.

Halton Regional Police have taken over the investigation and closed off Winston Churchill Boulevard from Steeles Avenue to 5 Side Road for several hours.

Preliminary reports from Halton Police suggest it was a targeted assault with a number of vehicles involved. The parties involved are believed to know each other.

The victims were in one vehicle that was surrounded by a number of suspect vehicles. A number of suspects then attacked the three men with baseball bats.

Following the altercation, police say the victims made their way over to James Potter Road and Steeles in Brampton, where they were tended to by Peel Paramedics.

One man was transported to a Toronto trauma centre with critical injuries, another was taken to a local hospital with minor injuries and the third was treated for minor injuries at the scene. The two men taken to hospital sustained head injuries.

Surjit Singh Flora was around the scene during the altercation and posted this video to Facebook.

Halton Police say all three victims are from the Brampton area and range in age from 26-30.

Anyone with information regarding this incident can contact acting detective Dylan Price of the Halton Regional Police Service One District Criminal Investigations Bureau at 905-825-4747 ext. 2422.