{"id":825434,"date":"2026-07-25T15:19:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T15:19:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/825434\/"},"modified":"2026-07-25T15:19:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T15:19:08","slug":"brampton-shooting-24-year-old-scarborough-man-charged","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/825434\/","title":{"rendered":"Brampton shooting: 24-year-old Scarborough man charged"},"content":{"rendered":"

Peel regional police have charged a 24-year-old man in connection with a fatal shooting in Brampton last month, while they continue to search for two additional suspects. <\/p>\n

In a news release<\/a>, officials say officers first responded to reports of a shooting at around 7 p.m. on June 4 in the area of Sandalwood Parkway and Crown Victoria Drive.<\/p>\n

When officers arrived, they say they found a man suffering from \u201cmultiple gunshot wounds.\u201d The victim, identified as 25-year-old Jamal Edwards, was pronounced dead at the scene.<\/p>\n

Following what police describe as a \u201ccomprehensive\u201d investigation, 24-year-old Bakiram Balakumar, of Scarborough, was arrested earlier this week on July 21 and charged with first-degree murder.<\/p>\n

None of the charges have been tested in court but police say he was held in custody pending a bail hearing.<\/p>\n

Investigators say two additional suspects were captured on video and remain outstanding.<\/p>\n

\"\"PRP Two suspects captured on video and remain outstanding (PRP photos). <\/p>\n

\u201cPolice are looking for assistance or information to identify them. They should be considered armed and dangerous,\u201d officials wrote.<\/p>\n

Anyone with information about the homicide, including the identities or whereabouts of the outstanding suspects, is asked to come forward and contact Peel police\u2019s Homicide Bureau 905-453-2121, ext. 3205.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Peel regional police have charged a 24-year-old man in connection with a fatal shooting in Brampton last month,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":825435,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194339],"tags":[712,51759,49,48],"class_list":["post-825434","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brampton","tag-apple-news","tag-brampton","tag-ca","tag-canada"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/825434","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=825434"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/825434\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/825435"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=825434"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=825434"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=825434"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}