Overview
- Halton Regional Police say shots were fired shortly after 10 p.m. Monday in the Burlington Centre parking lot near a restaurant, and Omer Niaz Muhammad was transported to a hospital where he died.
- Investigators believe the attack was not random and report no known ongoing threat to the public.
- Two suspects are being sought after fleeing in a white SUV, and no arrests have been announced.
- Constable Jeff Dillon noted it was fortunate no bystanders were hit, calling the gunfire in a busy lot a stark disregard for public safety.
- Police are probing possible links to prior violence involving the rapper, who survived a 2023 drive-by in Hamilton for which former associate Ahmed Issak-Hussan later pleaded guilty; the death is Halton Region’s first homicide of the year.