Man charged with murder for shooting Indian student in Canada

<p>New Delhi, Aug 8 (PTI): The man who fired the stray bullet that killed 21-year-old Indian student Harsimrat Randhawa in Canada have been arrested and charged with first-degree murder, an official said.</p><p>Hamilton Police, who arrested 32-year-old Jerdaine Foster at Niagara Falls in Ontario on Tuesday, also charged him with three counts of attempted murder, CBC News quoted Acting Det-Sgt Daryl Reid as saying at a news conference.</p><p>Randhawa, a second-year student enrolled in a physiotherapy course in Mohawk College, was hit by a stray bullet while standing near a bus stop at the intersection of Upper James Street and South Bend Road on April 17. She succumbed to the injury in the hospital.</p><p>The Indian student had reportedly just gotten off the bus and was waiting to cross the street when the bullet struck her.</p><p>At least seven people in four cars were involved in a dispute that led up to the shooting. Shots were fired between cars and at least two guns were involved, the report said.</p><p>”Harsimrat was an innocent bystander,” the report quoted Reid as saying on Thursday, “She was simply trying to make her way home from a local gym when she was struck and killed.” No other arrests have been made in the case.</p><p>”The investigation is still ongoing, and we will do everything in our power to identify, locate and arrest all these people that are involved in this death,” Reid said.</p><p>He added that Foster, who has ties to Hamilton, Halton and Niagara regions and lived in short-term rental properties, was previously known to police.</p><p> RUK RUK</p><p><i>(This story is published as part of the auto-generated syndicate wire feed. No editing has been done in the headline or the body by ABP Live.)</i></p>