International student dies in hospital after hit by stray bullet in Hamilton shooting, police say

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· Posted: Apr 18, 2025 5:39 PM EDT | Last Updated: 11 minutes ago

A 21-year-old planetary pupil from India has died successful infirmary of a gunshot coiled aft she was deed by a stray slug successful a shooting successful Hamilton connected Thursday, constabulary say.

Harsimrat Randhawa, who was studying astatine Mohawk College, was an "innocent bystander," Hamilton constabulary said successful a quality merchandise connected Friday.

Randhawa was lasting astatine a autobus halt connected her mode to enactment erstwhile gunfire erupted adjacent Upper James Street and South Bend Road, constabulary said successful the release. Police said they received reports of the shooting astatine astir 7:30 p.m.

When officers arrived astatine the scene, they recovered her. She had suffered a gunshot coiled to the chest. Paramedics took her to hospital, wherever she was aboriginal pronounced dead.

Police said investigators, aft reviewing video, person determined that a rider successful a achromatic Mercedes SUV fired astatine radical successful a achromatic sedan.

Shortly aft the shooting, the achromatic sedan headed north on Upper James Street while the Mercedes went westbound connected South Bend Road. 

Gunshots besides went done the rear model of a location connected Allenby Avenue wherever radical were watching television, but constabulary said nary 1 was injured successful the home.

Anyone with dashboard oregon information camera video betwixt 7:15 p.m. and 7:45 p.m. adjacent Upper James and South Bend is urged to travel guardant to police.