{"id":810394,"date":"2026-07-18T16:16:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-18T16:16:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/810394\/"},"modified":"2026-07-18T16:16:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T16:16:10","slug":"teenage-brothers-wanted-for-deadly-brampton-shooting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/810394\/","title":{"rendered":"Teenage brothers wanted for deadly Brampton shooting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Article content<\/p>\n<p>Investigators have taken the rare step of obtaining a court order to\u00a0identify\u00a0two teenage brothers wanted for the deadly shooting of a man in Brampton earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<p data-async=\"\">Peel Regional police say <a data-evt-val=\"{\" control_fields=\"\" link=\"\" responded=\"\" to=\"\" shooting=\"\" data-evt=\"click\" data-evt-typ=\"click\" href=\"https:\/\/torontosun.com\/news\/local-news\/victim-critical-suspects-sought-brampton-shooting\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">officers responded to\u00a0a shooting<\/a>\u00a0in the area of\u00a0Edenbrook Hill Dr. and\u00a0Earlsbridge\u00a0Blvd.\u00a0\u2013\u00a0a residential\u00a0neighbourhood\u00a0near\u00a0Chinguacousy\u00a0Rd. And Sandalwood Pkwy.\u00a0\u2013 around 3:40 p.m.\u00a0on\u00a0July 5.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUpon arrival, officers\u00a0located\u00a0an adult male suffering from a gunshot wound,\u201d police said in a statement released\u00a0Friday. \u201cThe victim, a man in his 20s, was transported to a trauma\u00a0centre, where he later succumbed to his injuries.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The victim\u2019s identity has not been released.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators have\u00a0now\u00a0identified\u00a0two brothers, Shemii Whittaker and Shemel Whittaker, both\u00a017,\u00a0of Brampton, as suspects\u00a0in the killing.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Shemii Whittaker\" class=\"embedded-image__image lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Shemii-Whittaker-e1784383752553.jpg\"  height=\"1000\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"889\"\/> Shemii Whittaker,\u00a017,\u00a0of Brampton, is wanted along with his brother for first-degree murder for a deadly shooting in Brampton on Sunday, July 5, 2026. Photo by Handout \/Peel Regional PoliceBrothers wanted for first-degree murder<\/p>\n<p>Both boys are\u00a0wanted for\u00a0first-degree\u00a0murder.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe suspects should be considered armed and dangerous,\u201d police said. \u201cIf seen, members of the public are urged not to approach them and to call 911\u00a0immediately.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Shemel Whittaker\" class=\"embedded-image__image lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Shemel-Whittaker-e1784383777224.jpg\"  height=\"1000\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"895\"\/> Shemel Whittaker,\u00a017,\u00a0of Brampton, is wanted along with his brother for first-degree murder for a deadly shooting in Brampton on Sunday, July 5, 2026. Photo by Handout \/Peel Regional Police<\/p>\n<p>Investigators are also urging\u00a0the\u00a0suspects to\u00a0\u201cseek legal counsel and surrender to police.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey also remind the public that anyone found\u00a0harbouring\u00a0or\u00a0assisting\u00a0the suspect may be arrested and charged,\u201d police said.<\/p>\n<p>RECOMMENDED VIDEO<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Loading...\" height=\"64\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/dcs-static.gprod.postmedia.digital\/21.6.1\/websites\/images\/common\/icon-spinner-animated.svg\" width=\"64\"\/><\/p>\n<p>We apologize, but this video has failed to load.<\/p>\n<p>Play Video<\/p>\n<p>Under a court order, the\u00a0names\u00a0and photographs of the two youths\u00a0wanted\u00a0for\u00a0this homicide\u00a0can\u00a0be published\u00a0for five days\u00a0or until either young person is arrested, whichever occurs first.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information about this investigation or\u00a0the\u00a0whereabouts of the two suspects is\u00a0urged to call\u00a0the Homicide Bureau at 905-453-2121, ext. 3205, or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).<\/p>\n<p data-async=\"\"><a data-evt-val=\"{\" control_fields=\"\" link=\"\" data-evt=\"click\" data-evt-typ=\"click\" href=\"mailto:cdoucette@postmedia.com\">cdoucette@postmedia.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-async=\"\"><a data-evt-val=\"{\" control_fields=\"\" link=\"\" data-evt=\"click\" data-evt-typ=\"click\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SunDoucette\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@sundoucette<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Share this article in your social network<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Article content Investigators have taken the rare step of obtaining a court order to\u00a0identify\u00a0two teenage brothers wanted for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":810395,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194339],"tags":[51759,49,48],"class_list":["post-810394","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brampton","tag-brampton","tag-ca","tag-canada"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/810394","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=810394"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/810394\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/810395"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=810394"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=810394"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=810394"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}