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THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 6, 2018 $2.00 WEEKLY IN PRINT. MUCH MORE ONLINE ANYTIME. TheIFP.ca The day after he discovered his friend had been fatally shot on a Brampton street, a George- town resident who goes by the name of Dave Harold changed his Facebook profile picture to a photo of Derrick Mckeown. No caption. Just the last pho- to Mckeown posted of himself to Facebook. And the likes came pouring in. To his friends, Derrick Mcke- own was a man who always had their best interests at heart and who wouldn't think twice about defending them, should the situ- ation arise. "Derrick and I have boys the same age. We were friends," Harold said. "He was a caring man and a good father. He was well liked among all his friends." Harold says in their younger years, if anyone picked on him, Mckeown would be there to de- fend him. "If someone said something to me, he would have my back," he said. "He was always there for his friends; that's just who he was." Georgetown resident Dave Corley remembers Mckeown in a similar light. "Derrick was a great friend. And a loving person," he said. "Would give the shirt off his back for you." Benji Fowler currently lives in New Zealand, but the former Georgetown resident met Mcke- own through mutual friends. "Derrick was more like a brother than a friend, because he was always there whenever I needed him, no matter what," Fowler said. "He was so easy go- ing and so easy to just be See MAN, page 25 'WOULD GIVE THE SHIRT OFF HIS BACK': FRIENDS REMEMBER BRAMPTON MURDER VICTIM DERRICK MCKEOWN VERONICA APPIA vappia@metroland.com Georgetown resident Derrick Mckeown, 33, was shot and killed in the area of Townley Crescent and Sunforest Drive in Brampton on Sunday, Sept. 2. Facebook photo • your window & door professionals • 11 Mountainview Rd., N. Georgetown, ON L7G 4T3 905.873.0236 www.buy-wise.ca info@buy-wise.ca • awarded readers choice 27 times • Visit our showroom DISPOSAL A FAmILy TrADITIOn SInce 1953! "Scrap orWaste" S.O.W 1-877-688-6406 One of a kind same day service Bin Rentals for waste, wood, scrap and landscape www.sandersondisposal.ca 519-833-2614 S O LD krausemorris.ca 905.877.5211 23 MOUNTAINVIEW ROAD S., GEORGETOWN Re/Max Real Estate Centre Inc., Brokerage. Independently Owned and Operated RE-ELECT Kentner "Supported by and paid for by Dave Kentner, candidate for Ward 3" WARD 3 50TH ANNIVERSARY EVENT CELEBRATING 50 YEARS OF DRIVING PASSION IN CANADA 1968 Cosmo 1195 Steeles Ave East, Milton ON L9T2X8 289-627-1800 or 1-866-620-3248 www.achillesmazda.ca • info@achillesmazda.ca 2018 CX-9 GT Support YOUR local news source