Police seek person of interest after Raptors rally shootings in Nathan Phillips Square

Toronto Policeare still looking for a person of interest after shootings in Nathan Phillips Square onMonday.

Police Chief Mark Saunders said the guns they seized Monday do not match bullet casings found at the scene, raising the possibility that another person and firearm may have been involved.

The shootings happened as more than 1 million people were packed into the downtown core for the Raptors victory parade and rally.

At about 3:45 p.m., with speakers on stage addressing the massive crowd in the square, four people were shotin two separate incidents, sustainingnon life-threatening injuries.

Police charged three peopleand seized two firearms in the immediate aftermath.Two people were arrested in connection with one shooting, Saunders said, while the third was arrested in connection with the other.

Saunders said police are looking for anther person of interest, who was last seen running westbound on Queen Street a white male, between 5 foot 9 and 6 feet, with short brown hair anda heavy build, wearing a white button-down shirt.

Police are appealing for witnesses and are now combing through a large amount of video, Saunders said.

4 people injured in stabbing

Meanwhile, four people were also injured in two separate stabbing incidents near the Eaton Centre on Monday, about an hour before shots rang out in Nathan Phillips Square.

Toronto police say that three people were stabbed at about 2 p.m. in Yonge-Dundas Square, where giant screens had been set up to show the rally.

Then, almost an hour later, a fourth person was stabbed slightly west on Dundas Street, near the intersection of Bay Street.

All four sustained non-life-threatening injuries.

Police couldn't say if they think the stabbings were carried out by the same person, or give any information about whether anyone had been arrested.