Hamilton police have released video footage showing a number of individuals running to safety after gunfire erupted in the city’s downtown core on Wednesday afternoon.
Police say that officers were dispatched to the area of Jackson and Walnut streets just before 5 p.m. for a report of shots fired.
In the video, shared by police, at least two gunshots can be heard. Three individuals are then seen running.
Two of them take off in different directions in a surface parking lot while the third appears to run along a downtown street.
Moments later a fourth individual is then seen running down a sidewalk and across the same street.
Police say that their investigation has revealed that a verbal altercation between two groups of three male suspects “escalated to gunfire.”
Police say that officers have identified 16-year-old boy who is believed to be the gunman. That suspect is wanted on eight charges, including …