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Three masked robbers who shot a Canadian real estate CEO and his daughters and attacked his wife with a hammer are considered “armed and dangerous,” cops said as they gave descriptions of the thugs for the first time.
MAC Group boss David Morton, 75, his daughters, Maggie and Cristina Zohil-Morton, and wife, Doriana Zohil-Morton, were attacked by the masked intruders upstairs in their mansion in Toronto’s ritzy Bridle Path neighborhood at around 3:40 a.m. Thursday, cops said.
Police are searching for three men, believed to be around 20 years old.
The first suspect was described as black and the second as having a thin build, with all three wearing dark clothing and face masks.
“Members of the Hold-Up Squad have commenced an investigation and are seeking to identify the suspects,” the Toronto Police Service said in a statement Friday afternoon. “The suspects are considered armed and dangerous.”
The police force added that the three men had forced entry and, once inside, went to the second floor of the six-bedroom residence before making a demand for personal valuables and discharging “multiple firearms” after getting into an altercation with the family.
Morton and his daughters, both in their 20s, were shot as they “tried to fight off” three men wearing hoodies and ski masks, while his wife, Doriana Zohil-Morton, 64, was hit with a hammer, a source told the Toronto Sun.
Two of the victims suffered “life-altering injuries” and are still in hospital, while the others had non-life-threatening wounds, Toronto Police Service Inspector Kristy Smith said Thursday.
The seven-bath home is valued at $2.1 million and includes a tennis court, in-ground pool and private gardens to “enhance a luxury lifestyle,” according to an online listing.
The intruders allegedly fled the posh nabe in an SUV, officials said.
“An affluent area where people would have things that are sought after would be the motivation for this,” Smith said.
Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow has asked anyone with information, including footage, to come forward and insisted, “violence is not acceptable in our city.”
“I am deeply troubled by the violent home invasion early this morning in the Bridle Path neighborhood. My thoughts are with the family and their loved ones, who are going through something no family should ever have to face. I am praying for their full recovery,” Chow wrote on X.
The MAC Group is a family-owned business focused on real estate, executive corporate housing, global mobility and Caribbean luxury villas, according to its website.
Morton serves as the CEO, while his wife is the president and their daughter Maggie is listed as an employee, while their other daughter, Cristina, runs Zohil-Morton Law, an immigration law firm.
