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Hamilton police say 1 man arrested, 2nd identified following fatal shooting

Click to play video: 'Family, friends gather to remember Hamilton Good Samaritan killed trying to break up fight'
Family, friends gather to remember Hamilton Good Samaritan killed trying to break up fight
WATCH ABOVE: An arrest has been made two days after a Hamilton man was killed while trying to break up a fight. On Monday, family and friends gathered to remember the 19-year-old. Ashley Molnar reports – Dec 5, 2017

Police have arrested a man and are searching for a second suspect in connection with the shooting death of a good Samaritan in downtown Hamilton on Saturday night.

Investigators say they were able to identify the suspects “thanks to assistance from the public.”

James Anthony Robert Matheson, a 20-year-old Hamilton man, was arrested and charged with being an accessory after the fact to murder after police said he was located early Monday morning at a home in the city core.

Police said they’re looking for 19-year-old Dale Burningsky King who is wanted for second-degree murder.

WATCH: The search is on in Hamilton for a suspect after the murder of 19-year-old Yosif Al-Haswani, who was shot and killed while trying to help a man allegedly being assaulted. Ashley Molnar reports.

Click to play video: 'Murder investigation of Good Samaritan in Hamilton'
Murder investigation of Good Samaritan in Hamilton

The pair are accused in the shooting death of of 19-year-old Yosif Al-Hasnawi of Hamilton.

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Al-Hasnawi, a Brock University medical sciences student and aspiring doctor, was shot and killed while trying to intervene when he spotted two men accosting another man at about 9 p.m. Saturday near Main and Wentworth Streets.

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The university put out a statement saying staff have contacted Al-Hasnawi’s family to offer support.

“The Brock community is in shock and deep mourning after the tragic death of 19-year-old Yosif Al-Hasnawi, who died in a shooting incident in Hamilton on the weekend after trying to help someone being accosted on the street,” the university said.

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