Oakville Beaver, 23 Mar 2017, p. 1

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THURSDAY March 23, 2017 $1.00 C O N N E C T E D TO Y O U R C O M M U N IT Y IN S ID E H A L T O N .C O M 40 pages O A K V IL L E /· T l A C E D E N T A L d e n t is t o a k v ille .c o m 905-842-6030 2017 Oakville Flowers were placed as a memorial to remember Ferdinand Mejilla - known to patients as `Dr. Fred' - outside his Mejilla Family Chiropractic centre on Plains Road in Burlington. Mejilla, 50, of Oakville, who is survived by five children, was gunned down in a murder-suicide double shooting at his clinic Thursday, March 16. Mejilla died in hospital from gunshot wounds. The alleged shooter, a former patient, David Williamson, 44 of Burlington, died March 18 in hospital of a self-inflicted gunshot wound sustained during the shooting. | Riziero Vertolli/Metroland turns photos to art Artscene Murdered chiropractor an Oakville resident The death of a local chiropractor last week is now considered a case of murder-suicide as the man police allege shot and killed the health practitioner has died, too. Rookie Halton Regional Police said last Friday that Dr. Ferdinand `Fred'Mejilla, 50, of Oakville, died in hos pital from gunshot wounds suffered at his Burling ton business, the Mejilla Family Chiropractic clinic, during an incident that occurred around noon on Thursday (March 16). Mejilla was the owner and operator of the clinic at 195 Plains Rd. E. He leaves behind five children. Police say the suspect in the killing, David Wil liamson, 44, of Burlington died in Hamilton Gen eral Hospital on Saturday (March 18) from what investigators described as a self-inflicted gunshot wound sustained during the incident. Williamson had at one time been a former patient of Mejilla. Williamson' s wife, Shawna Nickelo-Williamson, is a staff member at the clinic and was working at the time of the shooting. Jessica Koch, office manager at New View Win dow and Door, two storefronts from the clinic, said she heard a commotion outside the store Thursday afternoon and saw a woman having a breakdown. of the year Sports see Homicide on p.3 SAUNDERS, SAXTON & WINTER o f' ^ oxeeffence- Wendy Saunders Sales Representative Kim Saxton Sales Representative Ruth Anne Winter Broker 136 C hurch Street, Suite 4 A - Oakville, O N | 905.845.1223 sswteam.ca | sswteam@johnstonanddaniel.com 13268 FIFTH LINE, LIMEHOUSE ~ $3,989,000

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