Police ask for public's help to find suspect in fatal downtown Windsor shooting

The Windsor Police Service is asking for help to find the man suspected in the fatal shooting of another man outside the Homelessness and Housing Help Hub (H4) shelter in Windsor on Monday.

They say they have not yet recovered the weapon and warn the individual could be "armed and dangerous."

"It appears as an isolated incident at this time, so there's no indication that it's going to continue," said Staff Sgt. Ted Novak of the Windsor Police Service's major crimes unit, talking to reporters on Wednesday. 

"But again, there's a gun on the loose, and we're always concerned for that for the public."

Police say the incident happened at around 7:15 a.m. on Monday.

Witnesses heard three gun shots, police said, one of which hit and killed 53-year-old Sean Shuart.

Novak said the suspect goes by the street name Ty and is believed to be new to the area.

He is described as a thin, light-skinned, mixed-race man between five feet three inches and five feet five inches tall. 

Suspect has changed appearance

At the time of the incident, he was wearing a black North Face jacket with a fur-lined hood, black pants with a reflective strip along the thighs, black shoes, and a blue and green knitted toque with a pom pom on it. 

But Novak said the suspect has been captured on video changing his appearance multiple times. 

He was last seen in the 400 block of Glengarry Avenue Monday morning wearing a light blue hooded jacket, black pants and red running shoes.  

He had previously been spotted with corn rows in his hair, but when he reached Glengarry, they had been removed.

If people spot the man, they should not approach him and should instead call 911, Novak said.

The victim and suspect had both been clients of the H4 hub, he said, but police don't know anything else about their relationship, the possible motive for the shooting or whether the suspect is still in the Windsor area.

They are asking anyone with information or video of the area heading east from Glengarry at around Brandt or Assumption Streets to share it with police.

They are looking for video from the period between 8 and 9 a.m. Monday.

Video that police have already reviewed was a "huge, huge advantage," Novak said.

"We as police obviously love security cameras," he said. "We are aware of the privacy issues for the public, but when they face onto public property, this is what we're using."