A 16-year-old boy is being charged after a Ferrari was taken during a “violent car theft involving a gun carjacking in a Brampton driveway on Thursday, police say.
Peel Regional Police reported that at approximately 8 p.m., the victims were in their driveway in the Countryside Drive and Airport Road area when they were approached by an individual armed with a handgun and two other suspects.
“The suspects requested money, cellphones, and the keys to the victim’s vehicle, a white 2018 Ferrari Spider,” police said.
The victims complied and handed over their phones and keys to the Ferrari, police said.
“The accused got into the driver’s seat of the 2018 Ferrari and left the area; the two unknown suspects fled the area on foot, abandoning another stolen vehicle, which they arrived in,” police said.
The stolen Ferrari was found shortly afterwards in the Finch Avenue East and Neilson Road area of Scarborough, and a 16-year-old boy was arrested, police stated.
A loaded Glock 9mm handgun and the keys to the stolen vehicle were supposedly discovered during the arrest.
The boy, from Brampton, is facing several charges including robbery with a firearm and unauthorized possession of a firearm.
