Peel Regional Police are looking for a male suspect who allegedly shot a woman, stole a police cruiser and stole a second vehicle in Mississauga on Tuesday afternoon.

Michael Cleghorn, 21, of no fixed address, is wanted for attempted murder. Cleghorn is described as a Black male with a medium complexion, six feet two inches tall and 180 pounds.

Const. Sarah Patten said police received a call of a shooting at around 2:30 p.m. following an argument between a man and a woman on Apple Blossom Circle. When police arrived, they found a woman suffering from a gunshot wound. She was taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

Patten said the male suspect fled on foot through a nearby park and subsequently got into an altercation with police officers.

Police attempted to use a stun gun to subdue the suspect. The suspect managed to escape and steal a police cruiser. Police fired gunshots as the suspect fled in the stolen police cruiser, Patten said, but were unsuccessful in stopping him.

Patten said the suspect abandoned the stolen police car “a short time away” and stole another car. The car is described as a white 2013 Hyundai Sante Fe SUV with license plate AYVL 950 Initially, Patten said the car had been located in Toronto, but Peel police said in a news release that the car is still at large.

The Special Investigations Unit, the arm’s-length provincial agency tasked with investigating police actions that lead to serious injury, death or allegations of sexual assault, has invoked its mandate, although Peel police are unsure if the suspect suffered any injuries.

Cleghorn had been wanted by police in Toronto and Thunder Bay on a second-degree murder charge after a man was beaten to death in Thunder Bay in 2017, Peel police said. He had also been wanted by Toronto police for allegedly sexually assaulting a child between 2014 and 2015.

TY Tom Yun is a breaking news reporter, working out of the Star’s radio room in Toronto. Follow him on Twitter: @thetomyun

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