Hamilton police are investigating a deadly shooting in the city’s east end early this morning.
It happened around 4 a.m. in the Beach Road area.
Police say initially a group of the victim’s friends tried to take him to the hospital in their own vehicle but while they were on the way, they came upon the Hamilton Fire Department and the victim was transferred to an ambulance.
The victim, in his late teens, was taken to Hamilton General Hospital where he was pronounced dead.
No name has been released as police work to notify family.
It's Hamilton's sixth homicide of 2018