A 32-year-old Toronto man has been charged with assault after an autistic man was injured during an altercation last month in Etobicoke.
Toronto Police said they responded to an assault call Sept. 12 at about 4:15 p.m. in the Kipling Ave.-The Queensway area after the victim was walking on a sidewalk before a man walking a dog approached him and “engaged with him verbally.”
Police allege the suspect assaulted the victim and continued the assault after the victim fell.
On Sunday police announced that Andrew Memrik was arrested and charged with assault.
Lawyer David Costa, who is representing the 24-year-old victim, Brian Huang, told the Toronto Sun that his client had a “misunderstanding” over another man’s dog.
Costa said Huang, who was not attacked by the dog, suffered bruises on his face and body. Photos shown to the Sun pictured Huang lying in a hospital bed with bruises on his face.
According to Costa, Huang spent six hours in the hospital before being released. His glasses also were broken.
WOMAN FIGHTING FOR LIFE AFTER CRASH
A 68-year-old woman was critically injured after an overnight crash near Bluffers Park in Scarborough.
Toronto Police said officers responded to a crash Sunday at about 1 a.m. at Kingston and Brimley Rds., where a black Audi SUV collided with a white Kia four-door vehicle.
Police said the Audi, being driven by a 69-year-old man, was travelling southbound on Brimley and the Kia, also being operated by a 69-year-old man, was going eastbound on Kingston before one of the vehicles ran a red light and the vehicles collided.
A female passenger in the Kia was rushed to a hospital with life-threatening injuries.
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POLICE VEHICLES HIT DURING ROBBERY CALL
A suspect is in custody and others are at large after police responded to a robbery Sunday afternoon in Etobicoke.
Toronto Police said a robbery call came in at about 3:30 p.m. in the Kipling Ave.-The Queenway area and that police vehicles were involved in a collision with a suspect vehicle.
POLICE INVESTIGATION:
— Toronto Police Operations (@TPSOperations) October 26, 2025
Kipling Ave & The Queensway
3:30 pm
-police responded to a call for a robbery in the area
-during the investigation, there was a collision involving police vehicles and the suspect vehicle
-one suspect has been arrested
-additional suspects are still…
Police said one suspect was arrested and additional suspects were outstanding, warning of a “large police presence” in the area.
“Avoid the area if possible,” police said on social media, adding that northbound Kipling was closed at North Queen St., southbound Kipling was closed at Jutland Rd. and Jutland was closed between Kipling and Islington Ave.
–With files from Jane Stevenson.
