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Man used as human shield in brazen daylight shooting [Video]

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Shootings have become so common in Hamilton this year that police made its shooting response team permanent, part of the drug and gangs unit. The team investigates all non-fatal shootings. By the start of August, the team had charged 18 people with 149 charges.

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The video runs just six seconds, but features two gun men, six shots fired in the city’s core, and a third man described by police as a “human shield.”

The video, recorded on a dashboard camera 90 minutes before sunset, shows a man wearing a black hoodie with his hood up, pulling a handgun as he walks backwards across Sanford Avenue North, just south of King Street East.

Jon Wells

is a reporter at The Hamilton Spectator with a specialty in long-form journalism. He has published six books and won numerous awards for his writing including four National Newspaper Awards. Reach …

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