Toronto Police detectives are out with new security footage from the night a real estate broker was murdered in cold blood at a downtown steakhouse.
Cameras at Michael's on Simcoe capture the suspect walking down the steps to the dining room before he opened fire on 54-year old Simon Giannini.
Footage also shows an SUV speeding away from the restaurant.
Giannini, a 54-year-old real estate agent and occasional radio host, was dining at Michael’s On Simcoe at around 9 p.m. Saturday when a gunman walked into the busy restaurant and made a beeline for him, shooting him multiple times.
Police have maintained that the shooting was a targeted attack.
The video shows the suspect walking into the restaurant, wearing a hooded sweater with the hood practically covering his face.
From there, you can see him walk past the front desk, before turning and walking back into the dining area.
It doesn't show the shooting, but monents after, the video cuts to the man rushing out of the restaurant and up the set of stairs and out the door.
Security footage obtained from outside the restaurant shows a light-coloured SUV-type vehicle speeding down nearby Pearl Street. Investigators believe the suspect got into the passenger side of the vehicle before it sped away.
Speaking to reporters Wednesday, Toronto Police Homicide Det. Shannon Dawson said people should pay special attention to the suspect’s clothing.
“When watching this video, it’s very important to note that video distorts colour. It appears that the suspect is in very light-coloured clothing however, as a result of descriptions provided by witnesses, we know that the clothing is actually dark in colour,”
“Don’t just think about the colour, but think about the emblems especially the one on the jacket. I find that to be quite distinctive.”
The suspect is described as a black man, between five-foot-seven and five-foot-11 with a medium build.
He was last seen wearing dark clothing with a hooded sweater pulled around his face. Dawson said there’s an emblem visible on the left-side chest area of the sweater that may be the letter ‘B.’
Police still don't know why Giannini was targeted.