Hamilton police have released a pair of shocking videos Tuesday in a bid to identify the suspects wanted in connection with two separate shootings over the past month.
The first video shows two men firing shots at each other on Aug. 10 around 7 p.m. in the area of Sanford Avenue North and King Street East.
A man in a black hooded sweatshirt can be seen walking away from two other men on a sidewalk and shooting a gun at them.
One of the men on the sidewalk then shoots back at the man on the road multiple times. The man in the black hooded sweatshirt runs away while continuing to return gunfire.
A third person caught up in the middle of the shootout can be seen in the video being what police call “a human shield.” He was not physically injured.
“This individual’s account could be critical in bringing clarity to the events that transpired, and we urge him to come forward,” reads a police statement.
Investigators describe the first shooter as a Black man who is in his early 20s. He was wearing black pants and a black or dark blue Puma sweatshirt with the hood up.
Police believe the other shooter is a male with a dark or tan complexion who was wearing a grey sweatshirt with the hood down and dark pants or blue jeans.
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The witness is a black man in his late teens to early 20s who was wearing a grey hooded sweatshirt and black pants at the time of the shootout.
Anyone with information regarding that shooting is asked to contact police’s shooting response team at 905-546-4883 or by email at shootingresponseteam@hamiltonpolice.ca.
Meanwhile, Hamilton police also released a video of a daytime shooting that happened over the weekend in a neighbourhood near Lime Ridge Mall.
It happened around 6 p.m. Sunday in the area of Upper Wentworth Street and Kingfisher Drive.
The six-second video shows the suspect firing a gun at several people following a dispute.
Officers say no one was injured during the shooting.
The suspect was wearing a blue tracksuit with a white circular pattern and a black ski mask. They were last seen running away on Upper Wentworth Street.
Anyone with information regarding the Hamilton Mountain shooting is asked to contact the on-duty division 30 staff sergeant at 905-546-3886.
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