Pickering assault prompts “shelter in place” alert in Ontario

Thursday, May 29, 2025, 5:21 pm

In Pickering, police have issued repeated “shelter in place” alerts following a violent assault that left an elderly woman fatally stabbed. Multiple reports detail the incident near 2125 Lynn Heights Drive, urging nearby residents to take immediate precautions as authorities scramble amid conflicting narrative details.

nationalpost.com / Police arrest 13-year-old after fatal attack on elderly woman in Pickering, Ont.

Police had been searching for a suspect in what's been described as a 'sadistic,' unprovoked attack on the senior outside her home

theglobeandmail.com / Police arrest 13-year-old after fatal attack on elderly woman in Pickering

Officers had been searching for a suspect in what’s been described as a ‘sadistic,’ unprovoked attack on the senior outside her home

thestar.com / Police arrest 13-year-old after fatal attack on elderly woman in Pickering, Ont.

PICKERING - A 13-year-old boy has been arrested in what police called a "sadistic," unprovoked fatal attack on an elderly woman outside her home in Pickering, Ont.

cp24.com/ / Police give update on manhunt after 'unimaginable' random fatal attack in Pickering - CP24

Police give update on manhunt after 'unimaginable' random fatal attack in Pickering CP24

cp24.com/ / Police issue tell residents to ‘shelter in place’ after woman fatally stabbed in Pickering - CP24

Police issue tell residents to ‘shelter in place’ after woman fatally stabbed in Pickering CP24

torontosun.com / Shelter in place issued in Pickering after elderly woman fatally stabbed

Police are asking residents in a Pickering neighbourhood to shelter in place after an elderly woman was stabbed to death in a seemingly random attack on Thursday afternoon. Durham Regional Police said there was a heavy police presence in the Fairport Rd.-Lynn Heights Dr. area after officers were…

thestar.com / Police issue emergency alert after woman fatally assaulted in Pickering, Ont.

Police in Durham Region have issued an emergency alert asking residents to shelter in place after a woman was fatally assaulted in Pickering, Ont.

globalnews.ca / Police issue ‘shelter in place’ emergency alert after stabbing in Pickering, Ont.

At around 5:40 p.m. on Thursday, police issued the emergency alert to devices telling residents near 2125 Lynn Heights Drive in Pickering to shelter in place.

cbc.ca / Woman dead after stabbing in Pickering, Ont., police warn nearby residents to shelter in place

A woman is dead after she was assaulted in Pickering on Thursday, Durham Regional Police say, and nearby residents are being asked to shelter in place as police search for a suspect.

cp24.com/ / Woman dead after being assaulted in Pickering - CP24

Woman dead after being assaulted in Pickering CP24

citynews.ca / Elderly woman fatally stabbed by stranger in Pickering, police urge area residents to shelter in place

An elderly woman has died after being stabbed in a seemingly random attack in Pickering, police say as they urge residents in the area to shelter in place. Durham police were called to Fairport Road and Lynn Heights Drive on Thursday afternoon around 3 p.m. Investigators say the victim was stabbed…

cp24.com/ / Woman dead after assault in Pickering, police tell residents to ‘shelter in place’ - CP24

Woman dead after assault in Pickering, police tell residents to ‘shelter in place’ CP24

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