A 30-year-old man is dead after a shooting early Saturday in downtown Hamilton.
Emergency crews were called to the area
of King Street West and Caroline Street at 3:15 for reports of a
stabbing.
An altercation had broken out between
two groups of men outside Vida La Pita, a takeout restaurant. Things
"quickly escalated" police say, and one man produced a handgun.
Tyler Johnson, 30, was shot.
He was rushed to Hamilton General
Hospital, but didn't make it. When paramedics arrived on scene, they
were given the information that he was stabbed.
HOMICIDE
Cathie Coward,The Hamilton Spectator
Cathie Coward,The Hamilton Spectator
Hamilton
Police have Caroline Street taped off between Main and King Saturday
morning for a homicide investigation. Police tape continues up King
Street to the Tim Hortons blocking the south side sidewalk to
pedestrians as the investigation continues.
Early Saturday, EMS Commander James Summers told media that the victim
had been stabbed in the left side of his chest. But a police press
release Saturday morning revealed he had in fact been shot.
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