Man acquitted in 2015 homicide over lost phone among 3 wanted in weekend shooting

London, Ont., police have charged two men and are looking to identify a third following an early-morning shooting downtown on July 21.

Police are still searching for all three suspects.

One of the men who was charged was previously found not guilty ofsecond-degree murder in the 2015 killing of 18-year-oldJeremy Cook, a Brampton man who had been trying to retrieve a missing cellphone when he was shot.

Mohamed Sail, 33, and Dean Robert Dickieson, 31, both of London, have been identified and charged by way of warrant in the July 21shooting at Richmond and Clarence streets, police said in a news release Wednesday. Bothmen, as well as a third unidentified suspect, were still at large, police said.

The charges stem from a shooting around 4:30a.m. ETlast Sunday. Roughly 30 minutes later, police found a man with non-life threatening gunshot wounds nearRichmond and Clarence.

Both of the identified suspects are charged with:

• Occupy motor vehicle with firearm/etc.
• Possession of firearm or ammunition contrary to prohibition order.

Additionally, Mohamed Sail has been charged with:

• Discharge firearm with intent to wound/endanger life or prevent arrest.
• Assault with a weapon.
• Aggravated assault.
• Use of firearm during commission of an indictable offence.

In September 2018, Sail 26 at that time was acquitted in the shooting death of Cook.

Cook, who had lost his phone, used an onlinetracking app to pinpoint its location to a parking lot in northeast London, where three menincluding Sailwere found, a London jury heard in 2017.After a confrontation, Cook was shot and died.

The jury's verdict stated Sail was not guilty as it wasn't clear whether it was Sail or another suspect named Muhab Sultan whodrownedin the RideauRiverwhile trying to evade arrest in Ottawa who pulled the trigger.

Less than seven months after beingacquitted in Cook's death, Sailwascharged in adrugsand weapons bust by London police.

Sailpleadedguilty to one of the charges in that case, and was given two years probation and a $2,000 fine.

In Tuesday's update, police described the third suspect in last week's shooting as a Black male, about 5-foot-7, with a slender build and shoulder-length dreadlocks.

Police are asking for the public's help in identifying the third suspectand locating all three. If seen, police said, the public should not approach the menand should instead call 911as all three are considered armed and dangerous.

Police are asking anyone who was in the area at the time of the shooting to reach out to themor to contact Crime Stoppers.