Hamilton police arrested a man and accused him of first degree murder for the death of the 21 -year -old international student Harsimrat Randhawa.
Jerdaine Foster, 32, was arrested in the Niagara cataracts, Ontario, on Tuesday, said Det.-SGT. Daryl Reid at a press conference on Thursday.
He was also accused of three positions of murder attempt, said Reid.
Randhawa, from India, died at the hospital of a gunshot wound after she was hit by a street bullet while she was stopped near a bus stop at the intersection of Upper James Street and South Bend Road on April 17. He had just left the bus and was waiting to cross the street when he was hit.
“Harsimrat was an innocent spectator,” Reid said. “I was simply trying to get home from a local gym when it was beaten and killed.”
At least seven people in four cars were involved in a dispute that led to the shooting, Reid said. No other arrests have been made. I would not say the nature of the dispute or if the police know their identities.
“The investigation is still ongoing, and we will do everything in our power to identify, locate and arrest all these people involved in this death,” Reid said.
Accused by police
Foster has ties with the regions of Hamilton, Halton and Niagara, who lives in short -term rental properties, Reid said. He was previously known by the Police.
At least two weapons were involved and shot between the cars, he said.
Chief Frank Bergen said that Randhawa lost his life as “a meaningless act of armed violence”, like Belinda Sarkodie, 26, in July. Sarkodie was waiting on a bus stop near James Street North and King Street West when they killed and killed her.
The police issued an arrest warrant of a 17 -year -old suspect who, they said, intended to attack another group of people when Sarkodie was beaten. The police have not announced any arrest.
On Thursday, Bergen described both incidents as “selfish, dangerous and the byproduct of criminal law.”
From the investigation that led to Foster’s arrest, said Bergen, was complex, taking five months, and a “very welcome result for our afflicted communities.”
Randhawa was in his second year studying occupational physiotherapy at Mohawk College.
In a vigil in the days after her death, her teacher, Micheline Lancia, remembered her as a “very friendly soul.”
“It’s very, very overwhelming to see a student who was so good, gentle, respectful, a little shy, he would have been a beautiful medical care worker,” Lancia said. “So, it is a loss for everyone.”
