B.C. Brothers Keepers gangster shot dead in Ontario

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Seven years in the past, Surrey resident Sameh Ali Mohammed was recognized by police as considered one of a number of younger males concerned in a sequence of shootings who refused to cooperate even when wounded themselves.

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On Monday, the 28-year-old Brothers Keeper gangster was shot to loss of life at about 5:30 a.m. as he sat in a automotive in a driveway in Brampton, Ont.

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Within the intervening years, Mohammed confronted numerous firearms expenses that had been dropped final Might. And he watched his youthful brother Naseem “Little Man” Mohammed — additionally within the Brothers Keepers gang — go to jail in Washington State.

Dan McLaughlin, who speaks for the B.C. Prosecution Service, mentioned Tuesday that the seven firearms counts laid towards Sameh Mohammed in April 2021 had been stayed “after Crown Counsel with conduct of the file acquired additional details about the case.”

“After reviewing this data and the remainder of the accessible proof the Crown concluded the cost evaluation customary was not met.  Accordingly a keep of proceedings was directed,” he mentioned.

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The elder Mohammed moved to Ontario final month for safety causes, sources mentioned Tuesday, after a few of his gangland enemies discovered the place his rented Richmond condominium was positioned.

He bumped into numerous Decrease Mainland gangsters over the weekend when he attended the Rolling Loud live performance at Toronto’s Ontario Place, one supply mentioned.

“Sameh had a ton of enemies relationship again to his childhood days,” the supply mentioned.

Peel Regional Police mentioned the capturing was focused and that they’re in search of a suspect. They mentioned the sufferer was discovered contained in the automobile close to Veterans Drive and Wanless Drive — an space of newer condos on the outskirts of the town.

Some speculated the homicide might have been retaliation for the slaying in Oakville on Aug. 19 of Edmonton gangster Arman Dhillon, 27, who had hyperlinks to the rival United Nations gang. When Dhillon was killed, B.C. Brothers Keepers put up celebratory posts on their Instagram accounts.

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Dhillon was shot at, however unhurt, whereas visiting the Decrease Mainland in 2019. On the time, he was with UN gangster Karman Grewal, who was later shot to loss of life at Vancouver Airport in Might 2021. The suspects in Grewal’s homicide are Brothers Keepers gangsters.

Sgt. Brenda Winpenny of the anti-gang Mixed Forces Particular Enforcement Unit mentioned Tuesday that Sameh Mohammed “is a person with a well-documented historical past of being concerned within the native gang panorama.”

“It’s not unusual for people concerned in gang exercise to be both perpetrators and even victims of maximum acts of violence. These people typically flee to different provinces and even internationally, making an attempt to flee violent threats, fearing for his or her security,” she mentioned. “Sadly, as we’ve got seen far too many instances, they can’t disguise from their previous, leading to tragic penalties.”

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Mohammed’s brother Naseem was a a lot higher-profile member of the Brothers Keepers when he snuck throughout the U.S. border and into Montana in January 2021 whereas dealing with expenses in Ontario and B.C.

U.S. court docket paperwork filed in his case mentioned “Canadian authorities have suggested that (Naseem) Mohammed is the first suspect in a number of gang-related homicides spanning two provinces.”

The rapper gangster was arrested in Seattle final November after pulling a gun on two males in a hookah lounge and threatening to shoot them in the event that they didn’t give him their jewellery.

Final April, he was sentenced to 41 months in jail after pleading responsible to first-degree theft. On the time, he was utilizing the alias Mobert Ahmed and even signed his plea deal utilizing his faux title.

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