Hamilton police say they have recovered the two vehicles involved in the death of April 17 of the 21 -year -old international student Harsimrat Randhawa.
Det.-SGT Daryl Reid told journalists at a press conference on Wednesday morning that The White Hyundai Elantra recovered on Sunday in a residential area in northwestern Toronto. Since then he has been towed to Hamilton for his forensic analysis, he said.
On Monday, Hamilton police executed a search warrant in a central residence in Hamilton and recovered the Black Mercedes SUV, Reid said.
“It was believed that White Hyundai … was involved in the shooting in the target vehicle with shots on them,” Reid said.
Randhawa, who entered his second year studying occupational physiotherapy at Mohawk College, was beaten in the chest by a street bullet near Upper James Street and South Bend Road. The shots also hit two houses nearby, but no one inside those houses was injured.
According to Reid, “the researchers have been reducing the group of people associated with these two vehicles,” and added: “We will not leave stone without moving until we find it.”
Police are encouraging those involved in the shooting to contact a lawyer and surrender.
Randhawa was in a gym shortly before receiving a shot: the police
Meanwhile, Reid said the police now knows that Randhawa, who had come to Hamilton from India to study, had just left a gym in the upper area of the city when he was shot.
“I had taken a bus from the city to that place and had been waiting to cross the street. This was when it was hit by a lost bullet,” Reid said.
Harsimrat had a zero capacity to avoid what was about to develop in front of her. I had just left the city bus, I was waiting to cross the street, for my understanding, and everything developed so fast that I didn’t have time to react. “
Based on the video collected by the researchers, Reid said there was “a significant amount of traffic” that was traveling on the road at the time of the shooting.
“We know to see that video that there were numerous cars that have just passed at the same time. Many of those people have presented and thank those people for presenting themselves to help us,” he said.
“But we know that there are more people who could even have the smallest information that could help us, and that is what we should do.
My heart is broken to her, for her family, for the entire school community … it is horrible.– Andrea Hormwath, mayor of Hamilton
On Sunday, dozens of people gathered in a vigil in Hamilton to honor Randhawa.
The mayor of Hamilton, Andrea Horwath, went to the crowd, asking for stronger measures to stop armed violence.
“These weapons have to leave,” he said. “We cannot have this type of violence in our city, in our community. Look at all the people here, they are saying the same.”
He told reporters that Randhawa’s murder was “shocking” and “unacceptable.”
“My heart is broken to her, for her family, for the entire school community … it’s horrible.”
Horwath said that community members are concerned with security in the city after this incident.
“Who should be worried, standing at a bus stop, who will lose their lives?” She said.
Look | Community members gathered on Sunday to cry Harsimrat Randhawa Death:
The members of the community in Hamilton met Sunday to cry the death of an international university student who was killed by a street bullet.
The president of Mohawk College, Paul Armstrong, also spoke in the event, recognizing the pain he throws through the campus community.
“It’s almost an incredible feeling,” said Armstrong. “His faculty, his students, his fellow members of the community are shocked and annoying and, in some way, concerned about their own security.”
