Two teens are dead after gunshots rang out at a residential complex in Stoney Creek early Wednesday morning, Hamilton police say.
Around 2:25 a.m., police received reports of a shooting at 191 Candlewood Dr., near Whitedeer and Rymal roads. When officers arrived on scene, they found two males who were shot.
The victims have since been identified as an 18-year-old Abdulmalek Shibli and 16-year-old Afef Binafif, both from Hamilton.
They were taken to hospital where they were pronounced dead.
Police believe the shooting may have been retaliation for a prior incident involving the discharge of bear spray in the Barton Street East and Centennial Parkway North area.
Const. Trevor McKenna said investigators are working through suspect descriptions.
He said it wasn’t clear yet what led to the shooting.
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“K9 has been deployed. They’re always looking for suspects, but they’re also looking for anything that helps tell the story,” he said.
“So that could be evidence, clothing, anything that can help us put pieces together.”
Police said they believe the victims in this shooting travelled to the residence in Stoney Creek.
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Daniel, an area resident, said he saw a big group of people he described as kids chasing after another kid.
Daniel said the group went to a house the youth entered, started banging on windows and apparently shot what he believed to be BB guns at it.
“Kid goes into the house, comes back out with the gun, you know starts blasting I guess and he ends up hitting two kids,” he said.
“The second that I heard the gunshots I called the cops right because what else am I going to do?”
Daniel added there have been issues in the neighbourhood before, and police were quick to respond.
The homicide unit is investigating. In an update this afternoon, Hamilton police said they are doing everything they can to find the person responsible, and that there is no peripheral threat to public safety.
Anyone with information is asked to contact police.
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