Police arrest one of two suspects in fatal shooting

Police in Hamilton say they’ve arrested one man in the fatal shooting of a Good Samaritan and are looking for a second suspect.

Yousif Al-hasnawi was shot when he tried to intervene as two men were accosting an older man in downtown Hamilton on Saturday night.

Police say they arrested one man around 3:30 a.m. Monday and charged the 20-year-old with accessory after the fact to murder.

Hamilton police say they have identified a second suspect as the alleged shooter and are in the process of applying for a warrant for second-degree murder.

They have not released the names of the accused.

Police have described 19-yearold Al-hasnawi as a brave young man who was trying to do the right thing.

“This young man was doing what he felt was right in the situation,” Det. Sgt. Steve Bereziuk told reporters. “He was a brave young man.”

Police said paramedics took AlHasnawi to hospital on Saturday night, where he died of his injuries.

Talib Al-jalili said Al-hasnawi had come out of the Al-mostafa Islamic Centre when he noticed two men picking on an older man.

“He saw an old man walking by here with two people who were trying to harass him, assault him, hit him, laughing at him,” Al-jalili told reporters on Sunday. “He only told him ‘leave the old man alone.”’

Al-jalili criticized paramedics who arrived on scene, arguing they didn’t take Al-hasnawi’s injury seriously.

“They thought he was acting. The man was in severe pain inside his abdomen, why would he act?” Al-jalili said.