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Police seek suspect in Brantford homicide

Brantford police are seeking persons of interest in connection with three property damage episodes near Bisset Avenue and Gillespie Drive. Don Mitchell / Global News

Police believe a fatal shooting of a 19-year-old in Brantford on Saturday was not a “random incident” and are looking for a male suspect.

Police found the victim, Nebiyu Myers, 19, from Brantford, just after 1 p.m. on Saturday inside a residence near Alfred and Wellington streets.

He was pronounced dead at the scene.

Detectives believe the suspect is in his early to mid-20s, around five feet 10 inches to six feet two inches, with a medium build.

He was believed to have been wearing dark clothing and a black face mask at the time of the shooting.

 

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