One of the accused in the murder of a Brampton teenager in Milton has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder.
On June 30 members of the Halton police responded to a report of a homicide on 10 Side Road near Guelph Line in Milton.
The victim was 16-year-old Ezekiel “Zeke” Agyemang of Brampton and the cause of his death determined to be a gunshot wound.
A lengthy investigation was undertaken by homicide unit members four individuals were initially arrested and charged.
One of the arrested parties, Ahmed Ismail, 28, of Toronto was initially charged with the offences of kidnapping and first-degree murder.
On Oct. 4, while appearing in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice in Milton, Ismail entered a guilty plea to the charge of second-degree murder in the death of Agyemang.
The accused is scheduled to be sentenced on December 17.
The charges against two of the four arrested parties were stayed by the courts and the charges against the fourth accused is still before the courts.