A shooting in east London has left a 19-year-old man in hospital and police on the hunt for a suspect.
London police and ambulance crews were called to an apartment located behind a business at 423 Hamilton Rd., near Rectory St. around 11:30pm Wednesday for a reported shooting. When they arrived, they found the victim suffering from a gunshot wound.
He was taken to hospital where he remains in serious condition.
Police say the victim and shooter knew each other and that the victim was the intended target.
A warrant has been issued for the arrest of 18-year-old Adrian Henderson of no fixed address on a charge of attempted murder. He is described as a black male, 5’8'' tall with a muscular build. He has a scar on his left cheek large tattoo of a cross on his chest. Police have also released a photo of Henderson, which can be seen below. He was last seen wearing a red jacket, red pants with white stripes down the leg and the AC Milan soccer club logo near the right front pocket, and red shoes. Henderson was last seen in the area of Hamilton Rd. and Adelaide St. N.
Police arrested a second man in connection with the shooting, but he has since been released unconditionally.
The gun that was used in the shooting has not been recovered, police said.
Police remain at the scene of a shooting on Hamilton Rd., near Rectory St., October 26, 2017. (Photo by Miranda Chant, Blackburn News)
Several police cruisers remained at the scene of the shooting Thursday morning and a forensic investigator snapped photos of evidence in an alley that leads to the apartment the victim shares with his mother.
A neighbour, who asked not to be identified, said she was awakened by yelling around the time the shooting occurred but that she did not hear the shots.
"I heard a lot of yelling. I didn't hear much of anything else. Just a lot of yelling."
She said that type of commotion was not unusual and so she didn't even bother to get up to look out the window. She described that area of the city as "rough."
"It's got a lot of prostitutes, a lot of drugs. I wouldn't recommend, at night, to be out and about in this neighbourhood," she told Blackburn News London.
Anyone with information in relation to this incident is asked to call the London Police Service at (519) 661-5670 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477). Information can also be sent in on-line anonymously to www.londoncrimestoppers.com
-With files from Miranda Chant
Adrian Henderson. (Photo courtesy of the London Police Service)
