17-year-old with no fixed address arrested in Hamilton Tim Horton's shooting

Hamilton police have arrested a teenager with no fixed address in a shooting at a lower-city Tim Horton's last month.

A 17-year-old faces 14 firearms offences after the Sept. 23 shooting, which happened just after 10 p.m. at Cannon Street East and Sanford Avenue North.

Police say there was a "disturbance" between a group of people. Shots were fired and the culprits fled.Photos from the scene showed at least five bullet holes punched into the wall of the restaurant near an advertisement for breakfast sandwiches.

This is the second arrest of a youth related to the incident. Police have been searching for the 17-year-old suspect, and finally saw him leaving a home just after 6 p.m. Oct. 25. The suspect leftin a vehicle, police say, andwhen officers stopped the vehicle, the suspect ran away.

Police say they arrested him near Park Street South and Bold Street, and found a semi-automatic handgun and drugs on him.

The youth also had two outstanding warrants from the Peel Region, Hamilton police say.

His charges include two counts of possession of a prohibited firearm, carrying a concealed weapon, pointing a firearm, assault with a weapon, discharging a firearm with intent and tampering with the serial number of a firearm.

The shooting was the third in the central lower city in 12 hours.