Paramedic service will investigate after witnesses question treatment of Yosif Al-Hasnawi
Source: CBC News
Samantha Craggs · Reporter · CBC News
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Witnesses including a local Muslim leader say paramedics told a dying Hamilton man he was shot by a pellet gun and merely acting injured before he died in hospital less than an hour later.
Hamilton's paramedic service Monday announced it would launch an investigation after members of the Al-Mostafa Islamic Centre questioned how emergency responders treated 19-year-old Yosif Al-Hasnawi. An investigation will also be conducted by the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care.
Al-Hasnawi, who was hoping to become a doctor, was shot and killed near a mosque in Hamilton Saturday evening. He lay on the sidewalk for several minutes before he was taken to hospital.
Al-Hasnawi was trying to help an older man he didn't know who was being "accosted" by two other men, police say. When Al-Hasnawi intervened, the men turned their attention to him and shot him around 9 p.m. Police believe the weapon was a handgun.
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Greg Martin, operations supervisor with Hamilton Paramedic Service, said Sunday that he had few details about what occurred during the call.
"He was promptly taken to the hospital, from what I understand," he said.
Det. Sgt. Steve Bereziuk said questions about how the victim was treated at the scene ... were best answered by paramedics and the coroner.
He said police are "happy with the direction" the investigation is going ...
Not too far from the U.S./Canadian border. Less than an hour to Toronto. I've been there many times for hockey games. There aren't a lot of handgun murders in Canada. I'm betting the gun came from the U.S, but that's just my opinion.
"You were shot with a pellet gun, stop acting '. 
That's a very ignorant thing for a Paramedic to say. Their job isn't to diagnose and delay transport to Hospital because they think a person is "acting". Their job is to get the victim to Hospital ASAP and do everything in their power to get them there alive. These clowns will be without a job after an investigation, and rightfully so. 