A Michigan man accused of sexually assaulting and attempting to kidnap a 4-year-old boy from Windsor, Canada, had several aliases, and authorities believe there may be other victims.
Shahzad Hameedi, 46, of Royal Oak, is facing nine criminal charges in Canada, including aggravated sexual assault, sexual interference with a person under 16, and assault causing bodily harm.
In the U.S., he has been charged with attempting to kidnap a minor and faces a potential penalty of 20 years or more in prison.
Windsor Police Staff Sgt. David Tennent held a press conference on Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, to give an update on the case after a criminal complaint was unsealed in the United States. You can watch the full press conference in the video at the top of this article.
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Tennent said the Windsor Police Major Crimes Unit launched an investigation on June 25, 2025, after a woman reported that her son had injuries after he returned from an “unsupervised visit” with a friend. The woman had met the friend, identified as Hameedi, on a dating app in February 2025.
The boy was taken to the hospital, and it was determined that his injuries were consistent with sexual assault.
Investigators determined that days before the sexual assault, Hameedi allegedly broke into the woman’s home and choked her. He was also linked to a report of a “suspicious person” being spotted outside the woman’s home before the home invasion. Hameedi had not been identified as the suspect in the attack and attempted home invasion until after the boy was sexually assaulted.
Here are more details on the events leading up to the boy’s sexual assault:
The U.S. criminal complaint revealed that before the assault, Hameedi had expressed interest in the boy and having custody of him.
The woman eventually allowed Hameedi to spend time with her son, but the boy became reluctant to be around him, so the woman stopped letting Hameedi be around him.
After that, a neighbor reported seeing a “suspicious person” outside and trying to open a basement window at the woman’s house on June 14.
When the woman told Hameedi about this attempted home invasion, he offered to stay at the house with the woman and her child “to protect” them. She declined the offer.
About a week later, a man broke into the woman’s home and choked her before fleeing the scene.
During the struggle, the woman was able to remove the suspect’s black ski mask, but she didn’t see their face.
The suspect then fled the home, leaving the ski mask, a black hat and a handheld Taser behind.
She reported the crime to Windsor police, and they set up surveillance cameras in the woman’s home.
During Friday’s press conference, Tennent revealed that they offer this to help people feel safe and to prevent further crime.
He said the woman rented the home, and they set up these cameras until she could get her own cameras.
After the attack, the woman let Hameedi spend the night at her home.
At this point, police had not connected Hameedi to the attack at her home, so she was unaware that he was the suspect and allowed him to stay at her home the following day.
Tennent said that the cameras were not set up to lure the man back, and when asked if police suggested the woman invite the man back to her home in order to catch him, Tennent said, “Absolutely not.”
After the sexual assault, police linked Hameedi to those crimes at the woman’s home and were granted a provisional arrest warrant on the following charges: aggravated sexual assault, sexual interference with a person under 16, breaking and entering to commit an indictable offense, two counts of assault- choking while wearing a face mask, possession of a prohibited weapon, and assault causing bodily harm.
This triggered assistance from U.S. Marshals, who arrested Hameedi at his home in Royal Oak.
After that, authorities in the U.S. executed search warrants on his home and cell phones and discovered the man’s alleged plot to kidnap the boy.
Before Hameedi was extradited to Canada to face charges, he was formally charged in Michigan, where he’s currently being held in a detention center, according to Tennent.
Hameedi will be prosecuted in the U.S., and then it is a “wait-and-see” situation with the charges in Canada.
Tennent also said the investigation revealed that Hameedi had several different identities/aliases that he used.
He allegedly would use different spellings of his name and would use birthdays that were slightly different from his actual date of birth.
They connected him to multiple identities in Canada, Michigan, Indiana, and New York.
Authorities say he may be targeting women through dating sites, and that there could be more victims.
Anyone with information is urged to call the Major Crimes Unit at 519-255-6700, ext. 4830, the Windsor and Essex County Crime Stoppers at 519-258-8477, or online.