{"id":842764,"date":"2026-08-02T16:56:46","date_gmt":"2026-08-02T16:56:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/842764\/"},"modified":"2026-08-02T16:56:46","modified_gmt":"2026-08-02T16:56:46","slug":"brampton-shooting-19-year-old-man-wanted-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/842764\/","title":{"rendered":"Brampton shooting: 19-year-old man wanted"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">A 19-year-old man is wanted on a Canada-wide warrant after a shooting in Brampton, Ont., in April left two people seriously injured.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Peel police said the two victims were sitting in a vehicle <a href=\"https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/d5M9YMW2oy6jeoCT9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/d5M9YMW2oy6jeoCT9\">on Central Park Drive<\/a>, west of Torbram Road, on April 26, when two suspects entered the back seat.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">As the vehicle drove away, one suspect fired a gun, striking the victims, police said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">They suffered serious injuries.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.peelpolice.ca\/news-feed\/posts\/canada-wide-warrant-issued-for-suspect-in-brampton-attempt-murder-pr260116510\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.peelpolice.ca\/news-feed\/posts\/canada-wide-warrant-issued-for-suspect-in-brampton-attempt-murder-pr260116510\/\">In a news release on Tuesday,<\/a> police identified the alleged shooter as Kaleb Kimotho, of Brampton.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">He is wanted for attempted murder using a firearm, aggravated assault, discharge of a firearm with intent, unauthorized possession of a firearm, possession of a prohibited device or ammunition knowing it is unauthorized, and possession of a loaded prohibited or restricted firearm.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Kimotho, police said, should be considered armed and dangerous.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cMembers of the public are advised not to approach and to call 911 immediately if seen,\u201d police said. \u201cInvestigators are urging Kimotho to seek legal counsel and surrender to police.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">He is described as a Black male, five-foot-eight, weighing 130 pounds with a medium complexion, short black hair, and brown eyes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A 19-year-old man is wanted on a Canada-wide warrant after a shooting in Brampton, Ont., in April left&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":832258,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194339],"tags":[712,51759,49,48],"class_list":["post-842764","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\/842764","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=842764"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/842764\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/832258"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=842764"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=842764"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=842764"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}