Canada - Boy, 7, shot inside his Hamilton, Ontario home, 23 Jan 2020

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Boy, 7, shot inside Hamilton home kept asking 'if he was going to die,' neighbour says
''Police are continuing to search for suspects after a seven-year-old boy was struck by bullets that came flying through a Hamilton home on Thursday night.

The incident occurred at a house on Gordon Street, located near Barton Street East and Gage Avenue North, at around 8 p.m.

Speaking to CP24 on Friday morning, a neighbour said he was sitting at his computer when heard two gunshots ring out on Thursday night.

He said when he went outside, he heard a woman yelling inside a nearby home.

“I walked through the front door and her son was laying on the floor at the end of the hallway. He had two gunshot wounds, one to the lower left abdomen and one to the left hand,” the neighbour said.

“I wrapped his left hand, put pressure on the abdomen. He said it hurt and he couldn’t breathe so I sat him up a little bit and he said that was better. He just kept asking me if he was going to die.”

The boy was rushed to hospital with critical injuries but police now say he is expected to survive.

The bullets, police say, came from outside the home.

Another neighbour spoke to CP24 on Friday and described the wounded child as a "sweet little boy."

 

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‘Am I going to die?’: Hamilton boy, 7, shot in his east end home
''The boy is in stable condition in hospital after the shooting which happened just before 8 p.m. on Gordon Street, north of Barton Street near Gage Avenue. He was shot inside his own home, "a result of multiple gunshots into the house," police said Friday morning.

Police said the shots were fired into the home from the backyard.
"After discharging the firearm, the suspect fled from the rear yard into a vehicle waiting on Gordon Street and sped east," police said in a release.

They describe the vehicle as a light-coloured four-door sedan.

Police said the home was targeted, and the child was the unintended victim.''

"He asked me if he was going to die," Dan said. At first he had to look away, but when the boy asked again he turned back.

"I told him: no, it's just a little hole," he said.

Dan said he tried to feel the boy's back for an exit wound but didn't find one. The boy sat up and said it was easier to breath that way.

Within two minutes police were on scene.

In the chaos Dan said he was just focused on the boy, whose family he said were quiet and have lived on the street a couple years.''

''It appears police took casings of shoe prints left in the snow.''
Police are on the scene looking for evidence and reviewing video surveillance and speaking to witnesses. Police are asking any residents or businesses with video cameras, or other information, to come forward.

People with information can call Det. Daryl Reid at 905-546-3825 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.''

 

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[Tealgrove]

Unbelievable. So it was targeted. I wondered about that.

 

[LadyL]

poor little boy
so disturbing

 

[teedie2]

So glad this was not fatal. No one needs that sort of childhood memory. How scary for this little boy!

I wonder who in that house might have been targeted? Shooting 2 times through a window in the backyard is no accident.

Let's hope they figure out who the actual target was. PDQ.

 

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Feb 12 2020 rbbm.
Arrest warrant issued for man wanted in Hamilton shooting that injured seven-year-old boy
''Police say 20-year-old Jayden Pitter is wanted on several charges, including aggravated assault, criminal negligence causing bodily harm, and discharging a firearm with intent.

A warrant has now been issued for his arrest.

Police say the suspect is considered to be armed and dangerous and are asking anyone who spots Pitter not to approach him but to call 911 immediately.

“Police believe there are people who know what happened and continue to encourage those individuals to come forward,” Hamilton police said in a news release issued Wednesday.

Investigators also provided an update on the child’s condition on Wednesday, confirming that he has been released from hospital but faces a “long road to recovery.”

 

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Arrest!
Suspected gunman arrested in shooting of Hamilton boy, 7
''Hamilton cops have nabbed the suspected triggerman in a shocking January shooting that sent a 7-year-old boy to hospital with a gunshot wound.

Police said Thursday morning they have arrested and charged Mohd Amiri, 24, in relation to the shooting on Gordon St. that sent the terrified boy to hospital.''