Hamilton on pace for second consecutive year of more than 40 shootings
Two people were killed and three others were injured in a three-day stretch last week that saw Hamilton rocked by shootings.
The three shootings since Tuesday - two of which were double shootings - make up nearly 15 per cent of reported shots fired this year.
As of July 10, according to Spectator records, there have been 21 shootings in Hamilton, slightly below the 24 shootings reported at the same time in 2019.
Not included in the current count is Friday's double shooting in Burlington which left notorious mobster Pasquale (Pat) Musitano dead and another man in hospital with serious injuries.
Hamilton remains on pace to record more than 40 shooting incidents for the second consecutive year - nearly double the total tally of 25 in 2018.
Here is a roundup of the shootings this week.
Man shot by Hamilton police in Cannon Street East parking lot
The Special Investigation Unit continue to investigate the death of a 42-year-old man who was shot by Hamilton police outside a Cannon Street East convenience store around 3:30 p.m. July 7.
A half-hour earlier, police received a domestic call about a man allegedly holding a shotgun to a woman's head.
Police located the subject of the call - later confirmed to be Jason Peterson - in a gold sedan in the parking lot of Corner's Variety.
When they approached, there was an interaction" and two officers fired shots, the SIU said.
Peterson died in hospital the next day. Another man who has yet to be identified sustained serious but non-life-threatening injuries.
Investigators seized two police-issued firearms and a shotgun from the scene.
Teen shot in Hamilton laneway
A 17-year-old boy was sent to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries after he was shot in the lower body in east Hamilton just before 9 p.m. July 9.
Police believe there was a disturbance involving a group of teens in a laneway near Barton Street East and Birch Avenue when one of the teens fired a gun.
Three people face charges in connection with the incident.
The gun used in the shooting has not been seized and police do not know who fired the gun.
One man dead, one seriously injured after double shooting on Red Hill Valley Parkway
A 27-year-old man was killed and another man was sent to hospital with serious injuries after they were shot while travelling on the Red Hill Valley Parkway late July 10.
The victims, driving a BMW sedan, were still in motion" when a dark-coloured SUV pulled up next to them and began firing shots.
The driver of the sedan, Matar Abouchere of Halton, died on the way to hospital. The passenger sustained serious injuries and required surgery.
The driver of the SUV fled south. Police are seeking at least one suspect.
Sebastian Bron is a Hamilton-based reporter at The Spectator. Reach him via email: sbron@thespec.com