Man busted in Hamilton shoot-up was convicted in teen's slaying (2024)

One of the men arrested for a shooting incident at a Hamilton hookah lounge was earlier convicted of manslaughter in the drive-by shooting death of a Brampton teen, the Toronto Sun has learned.

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Zakaria Hassan Adam, 26, was arrested Saturday with two others in connection to a shooting earlier this year at a local hookah lounge that left one man with non-life-threatening injuries.

Hamilton Police say that on Feb. 24 around 6:15 a.m., a shooting occurred inside the downtown California Dream hookah lounge at 185 King Street E. Three men fled the scene.

Now, the Sun has learned that Hassan Adam was convicted of manslaughter in the New Year’s Eve 2020 shooting of popular football player Jordan Henry, who dreamed of becoming a paramedic.

Henry was attending a party in Brampton to bring in 2020 when shots rang out. Homicide detectives followed the trail to Hamilton, where they made arrests in the killing of the Grade 12 student from St. Marguerite d’Youville Catholic Secondary School.

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In addition to Hassan Adam, detectives later arrested Abdikadir Abdi, 20, and Mohammed Shokri, 18. The trio were initially charged with first-degree murder before they pleaded to manslaughter.

Shokri was sentenced to 14 years less time served, Abdi received five years less time served, and Hassan was caged for less than a year after time served was subtracted.

“This was a senseless act of violence that took the life of Jordan Henry, a 17-year-old innocent young man who had a very bright future ahead of him,” Peel Regional Police Insp. Todd Leach told the Sun’s Joe Warmington at the time.

Hamilton detectives said Hassan-Adam was arrested Sunday at the city’s Sankofa Bar at 92 Jackson St. E. after officers attended for a minor vehicle collision. Cops allege that Hassan-Adam was operating a stolen vehicle.

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Officers also recovered a firearm.

In connection to the California Dream Lounge shooting, Hassan-Adam is charged with reckless discharge of a firearm, unauthorized possession of a firearm, possession of a loaded prohibited firearm, knowledge of unauthorized possession of firearm, and five counts of possession of a firearm contrary to order.

He faces additional charges in the incident on Sunday, including possession of prohibited loaded firearm, too counts of point firearm, two counts of possession for the purpose of trafficking — Percocet and cocaine, proceeds of crime under $5,000, and possession of property obtained by crime over $5,000.

Also charged in the California Dream shooting is Daud Hussein Noor, 21, of Hamilton, who was arrested on Saturday after officers were dispatched to an unnamed local watering hole where a firearm allegedly was observed by patrons. When they arrived, three males fled the scene on foot but he was nabbed.

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For the lounge case, Noor is charged with possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose and assault with a weapon. In the Saturday incident, he is charged with possession of loaded prohibited firearm, possession for the purpose of trafficking Fentanyl, proceeds of crime under $5,000, and FTC Release Order.

Also charged was Stefan Tiser, 45, of Hamilton, who cops say has no connection to Hassan-Adam nor Noor. He is charged with unauthorized possession of a firearm for allegedly picked up a “discarded firearm at the scene.” The weapon has not been recovered.

If you have any information contact the Shooting Response Team by calling 905-546-4883 or by emailing shootingresponseteam@hamiltonpolice.ca or call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.

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