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The bullet came from outside, fired by an unknown assailant on a frigid winter’s night.

It sailed through the window of a modest Brampton home, where nine-year-old Kesean Williams and his brother were watching TV in the relative warmth and light. The bullet struck Kesean — a little boy with a big smile who loved dancing, basketball and cracking jokes. Within hours, he was dead.

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As friends, family and neighbours reeled from the news Thursday, police denounced the “unfathomable” tragedy and appealed to the public for help in finding his killer.

“I wish to assure the community that this was not a stray bullet,” Peel Regional Police Chief Jennifer Evans said.

Although police could not immediately pinpoint the intended target, “we’re satisfied the residence was targeted,” acting superintendent George Koekkoek added, as a team of officers — including members of the canine unit — combed through Kesean’s Ardglen Drive neighbourhood for clues.