For Immediate release: August 3, 2019

Hamilton, ON

Incident # 19-695730

Shooting incident Main St. West, Hamilton

On August 3 2019, at approximately 2:27 p.m., Hamilton Police responded to the area of Main St. West and Ofield Rd. after citizens called 911 to report the sound of gun shots.

Members of the Hamilton Police Service along with E.M.S. and the HFD arrived on scene and found a 29 year old male suffering from gunshot wounds. The male was treated at the scene before he was transported to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

The person responsible for the shooting is described as a male, non-white, dressed in black clothing. The male suspect fled from the scene of the shooting in a black or dark coloured Volkswagen, possibly a 4 door, with tinted windows. The vehicle was last observed headed southbound on Main St. W. towards Ancaster.

There is no danger to the general public as this is believed to be a targeted shooting.

Hamilton police are requesting the assistance of the public should you have any information that may assist in this investigation.

If you have any information that you believe could assist Police with the investigation, you are asked to contact Detective John Obrovac of the Criminal Investigative Division (Stn 10) at (905) 546-3816

To provide information anonymously call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or submit your anonymous tips online at http://www.crimestoppershamilton.com