Mitch Marner robbed at gunpoint and threatened with a rifle

Toronto Maple Leafs star forward Mitch Marner was carjacked at gunpoint Monday night.

«It happened at the Cineplex theatre on The Queensway,» said a police source.

Toronto Police tweeted about a carjacking at The Queensway and Islington Ave. at 7:46 p.m., saying a man was robbed of a Black Range Rover by three suspects with the use of two handguns as well as a knife.

According to a source, Marner was going to a movie with a friend when «the guys approached wearing masks and said they wanted the vehicle. Mitch said, �go ahead and take it.»'

«The suspects did not know it was Marner,» said the source. They were only interested in the Range Rover, which they can quickly sell out of country.»

Here's the Toronto Police Tweet:

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