{"id":631173,"date":"2026-04-27T04:33:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T04:33:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/631173\/"},"modified":"2026-04-27T04:33:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T04:33:08","slug":"teen-suspect-surrenders-to-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/631173\/","title":{"rendered":"teen suspect surrenders to police"},"content":{"rendered":"

A 14-year-old male suspect wanted in the fatal shooting of another teenager at Hamilton\u2019s Jackson Square mall has been arrested. <\/p>\n

In an update on Sunday night,<\/a> Hamilton police said the suspect had turned himself. His arrest came a day after investigators obtained judicial authorization to identify him. <\/p>\n

The 14-year-old who can no longer be named under the provisions of the Youth Criminal Justice Act was wanted for second-degree murder.<\/p>\n

Police had been the subject of an extensive search since Friday night, when he allegedly fatally shot 16-year-old Nabil Askafe inside the mall.<\/p>\n

\"\"Nabil Askafe murder victim April 24 jackson Square Nabil Askafe, 16, of Hamilton, was fatally shot on April 24 inside Jackson Square in Hamilton. (HPS photo) <\/p>\n

Askafe recently moved to Canada from Syria with his family, police said. The teen leaves behind his mother and father, and a younger brother, who, police said, are \u201ccompletely devastated at this loss.\u201d<\/p>\n

No outstanding suspects<\/p>\n

Investigators initially said they were searching for two people, but on Sunday, after the teen surrendered, they confirmed no other outstanding suspects.<\/p>\n

\u201cPolice have now spoken to all the individuals involved in Friday\u2019s altercation at Jackson Square and are not looking for any more suspects,\u201d Sunday\u2019s news release read.<\/p>\n

Hamilton police Chief Frank Bergen said in a statement that the shooting is \u201cdeeply troubling\u201d given that a young person is suspected to be responsible.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur community continues to grieve the loss of a 16-year-old whose life was cut short in an act of senseless violence,\u201d Bergen said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is not just a police matter \u2013 it is a community call to action. We should all be concerned when violence becomes an option for youth instead of resolution and hope.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A 14-year-old male suspect wanted in the fatal shooting of another teenager at Hamilton\u2019s Jackson Square mall has…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":631174,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[712,49,48,44],"class_list":{"0":"post-631173","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-canada","8":"tag-apple-news","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-canada","11":"tag-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/631173","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=631173"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/631173\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/631174"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=631173"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=631173"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=631173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}