A 26-year-old Hamilton man is facing assault and robbery charges after a shooting over the weekend in Steeltown’s north end.
Despite the arrest, Hamilton Police said their shooting response team was continuing to investigate an incident late Friday outside of 40 Oxford St., which is north of York Blvd. in the city’s Strathcona neighbourhood.
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While there were no injuries reported from the shooting, police said a robbery victim suffered minor injuries from an assault. They believe it was a targeted incident and that two suspects had fled from the area on foot.
The shooting response team later executed a search warrant with the help of 10 Division officers at an apartment at 40 Oxford St., which was believed to be associated with the shooting, and a police presence would remain there until the search was complete.
Yonis Mohamed was arrested on Saturday and charged with robbery with a firearm, assault with a weapon and failure to comply with a probation order.
Police are still on the hunt for a Black male suspect who is believed to be in his mid-20s to early 30s, is about 5-foot-6 to 5-foot-8 and has an average build. He was wearing a dark blue sweater and dark pants at the time.
Anyone with information is asked to contact 905-546-4883, [email protected] or Crimestoppers anonymously at 1-800-222-8477 or crimestoppershamilton.com.
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Hamilton Police said there was no information to connect an “early hours” incident on King St., between Gibson Ave. and Proctor Blvd., to the shooting on Oxford after investigators found “spent shell casings consistent with a shooting” at the scene upon arrival.
Police said they had yet to identify a victim or an intended target, as well as any suspects.
They asked any victims or anyone with information about the incident, including surveillance footage between 4 a.m. and 4:30 a.m., to contact the shooting response team at 905-546-4883 or [email protected].
Anonymous information can also be sent to Crimestoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or crimestoppershamilton.com .
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The driver and a passenger, who were both from Hamilton, were pronounced dead at the scene.
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Watchdog probing police pursuit in Lindsay
The province’s police watchdog is investigating a vehicle pursuit that left a man and a woman with serious injuries from a crash on Sunday morning in Lindsay.
The Special Investigations Unit said a 21-year-old man and a 32-year-old woman were hospitalized after a Kawartha Lakes Police officer responded to a 911 call for unknown trouble at about 3:30 a.m. in the Regent St.-Victoria Ave. area.
The SIU said the officer, who was driving a marked police cruiser, located a BMW of interest and stopped behind it. The vehicle fled, crashed into a parked vehicle a “short time later” and then landed on top of another vehicle in the Victoria- Glenelg St. W. area.
They asked anyone who may have witnessed the pursuit on Victoria, between Glenelg and Russell St. W., to contact the lead investigator at 1-800-787-8529 or siu.on.ca/en/appeals.php .