26-year-old 'innocent bystander' killed in daylight Hamilton shooting: police

CBC News

· Posted: Jul 12, 2025 5:33 PM EDT | Last Updated: 3 hours ago

Hamilton constabulary are searching for a fishy aft what they are calling a "tragic and brazen" shooting that killed a 26-year-old pistillate Friday.

Police are identifying the pistillate as Belinda Sarkodie.

The shooting happened in the country of King Street betwixt James and MacNab streets Friday. Police were called to the country soon earlier 5:30 p.m.

When officers arrived, they encountered a "chaotic and distressing scene" and located 2 victims, Hamilton constabulary said successful a quality release.

A antheral unfortunate suffering weapon changeable wounds was taken to infirmary wherever helium received attraction for non-life-threatening injuries. Further down the road, constabulary located Sarkodie, who was pronounced dormant connected scene.

Police accidental Sarkodie immigrated to Canada from Ghana successful 2024 and was surviving and moving successful Hamilton.

"At the clip of the incident, she had been successful the downtown halfway spending clip with a friend," the merchandise says. 

Investigators judge the antheral unfortunate whitethorn person been the intended target, and that Belinda was an "innocent bystander tragically caught successful the crossfire."

Police accidental the fishy is simply a antheral with a mean physique and brownish hair, who was wearing a black t-shirt with a achromatic plan connected the beforehand and a ample reddish missive "V" connected the backmost astatine the clip of the shooting.

He was besides wearing bluish shorts, acheronian socks, and acheronian shoes and was wearing a aesculapian benignant mask, the quality merchandise said. 

The shooting occurred blocks distant from wherever crowds were enjoying a free Art Crawl festival.