Police identify 17-year-old as suspect in killing of 26-year-old woman in downtown Hamilton

Aura Carreño Rosas · CBC News

· Posted: Jul 14, 2025 9:34 AM EDT | Last Updated: 2 hours ago

Police person issued a warrant for the apprehension of a teen suspected successful the fatal shooting of Belinda Sarkodie successful Hamilton's downtown core.

In a quality merchandise connected Sunday evening, Hamilton said they're looking for Mackale Lavoie, 17. The warrant for his apprehension was issued nether a second-degree execution complaint and 2 counts of attempted murder.

Police said that astatine 5:25 p.m. ET connected Friday, a "male fishy encountered a group" of 3 radical adjacent James Street North and King Street East who "appear to person been the intended targets."

"The antheral fishy opened fire, striking 1 of the individuals. As helium continued to sprout astatine a 2nd person, an guiltless bystander — [Sarkodie] — was fatally struck," the quality merchandise said.

Sarkodie, 26, was pronounced dormant connected the scene. A man was besides struck by the gunfire and sustained non-life-threatening injuries, constabulary said.

On Saturday, constabulary said Sarkodie was primitively from Ghana, had immigrated to Canada successful 2024 and was an guiltless bystander who was retired with a person erstwhile she was killed.

Police urged the nationalist to not attack Lavoie and to interaction them immediately astatine 905-546-4925 oregon telephone 911 if anyone sees him.