Toronto police looking for suspect who allegedly beat man with ‘baton-like’ weapon in unprovoked attack

Toronto police have released an image of a suspect in connection with an assault with a weapon investigation. (Handout)

Toronto police are asking the public for help identifying a suspect who, without provocation, allegedly beat a man with a “baton-like” weapon in a North York parking lot on Tuesday.

Officers were called to an underground lot at Yonge Street and Sheppard Avenue at 8:30 a.m. for an assault call, police said in a news release issued Friday.

Investigators said the adult male victim was in the parking lot, housed inside a commercial building in the area, when he approached an elevator and was “confronted” by the suspect.

“The unknown suspect, without provocation, began to assault the victim with a baton-like weapon,” police said.

“The suspect continued to assault the victim with a weapon and by kicking him.”

A bystander rendered assistance to the victim after hearing the commotion, police said, and the suspect, described as a six-foot-two man in his 50s or 60s, fled the scene on foot.

The victim was hospitalized and sustained non-life-threatening injuries, police said.

Investigators are asking anyone with information about the incident is asked to contact police at 416-808-3200 or Crime Stoppers anonymously.