GTHA shootings suspect had extensive criminal record: parole docs

Parole Board of Canada documents are bringing to light the extensive criminal record of the suspect in a series of shootings that killed a Toronto police officer and an auto shop owner.

The reports indicate that the man believed to be behind Monday’s shootings in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area had a history of robbery, drug trafficking, weapon possession and gang ties.

It also says he was banned from parts of northwest Toronto after he was released from prison in 2010.

The Special Investigations Unit has not released the name of the suspect because they say his family has not provided consent.

But sources close to the investigation, who are unable to speak publicly, have identified the man as 40-year-old Sean Petrie.

The SIU has said four police officers shot at Petrie, who died after a confrontation in a Hamilton cemetery.