Publication date: August 18, 2022 • 57 minutes ago • 4 minutes to read • Join the discussion Calgary police are investigating the scene of a shooting in the 100 block of Everwoods Court SW in Calgary on Thursday. Jim Wells/Postmedia

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A woman is dead and a man is clinging to life Thursday after being shot in the city’s southwest, the latest incident in a spate of gun violence in Calgary.

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At approximately 8:20 a.m., police were called to the 100 block of Everwoods Crt. SW where they found two gunshot victims in a dark brown Bentley sedan parked in a driveway. “The woman was pronounced dead at the scene, while the man was taken to hospital in life-threatening condition,” city police said in a news release. The car was sitting in a neighbor’s driveway three doors down from the victims’ home at the time of the shooting. Blood splattered the street a few hours after the shooting. Calgary police investigate the scene of a shooting on Everwoods Court SW in Calgary on Thursday. Jim Wells/Postmedia None of the neighbors interviewed said they heard gunshots or saw attackers, but a woman who lives nearby said she heard a man screaming after the shooting and ran to help. “I saw a man in his car covered in blood — she was screaming … she didn’t move when I saw her,” said the neighbor, who chose to remain anonymous. “I got a towel outside and one of the other neighbors was doing chest compressions … he kept screaming ‘I’ve been shot’.” The woman and next-door neighbor Segun Oshile said the couple, described as being in their 30s, had lived in a quiet cul-de-sac for years and were pleasant and friendly. “They’re great people, some of the nicest people in the neighborhood, fun and ready to help,” Oshile said, adding that he had just talked to the male shooting victim the day before. “My wife and his wife were very close – my wife is in shock at the moment.” He called the incident “a wake-up call” suggesting that such shootings can happen anywhere in the city.

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UPDATE: Approx. At 8:20 am today, we were called to the 100 block of Everwoods Court SW for reports of two people in medical trouble. Upon arrival, police located a man and woman in a parked vehicle suffering from gunshot wounds. — Calgary Police (@CalgaryPolice) August 18, 2022
Some of the nearby homes, including the home directly behind where the homicide occurred, are equipped with surveillance cameras. When the vehicle was towed five hours after the shooting, the driver’s window was partially down and there was no apparent damage to the car. A vehicle involved in a shooting is towed from Everwoods Court SW in Calgary on Thursday. Jim Wells/Postmedia It’s the latest shooting in a city increasingly troubled by guns this year. On Wednesday, police said there have been 91 shootings in Calgary so far this year – just five short of the city’s total of 96 in 2021. By this time last year, there had been 52 shootings in the city. But they also said that less than 25 percent of those shootings involved gangs or organized crime, with most involving personal disputes, road rage, drugs or random discharge.

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Police also announced they had laid 120 charges against nine people and seized several firearms in investigations they say are linked to organized crime and a string of shootings. This included the discovery by airport security of a Glock pistol inside a piece of luggage at Calgary International Airport on July 17. We apologize, but this video failed to load. Last May, Deputy Chief Paul Cook told the Calgary Police Commission that the risks of death or imprisonment are proving to be weak deterrents to gun control in Calgary. “I can tell you that for the vast majority of people that we deal with, those consequences don’t matter to them,” he said. “(They think) it’s better to be caught with a gun by the police than to be without a gun and meet one of their rivals.”

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Poorly enforced existing laws governing firearms, particularly handguns that are illegally owned, stored and used, contribute to the growing problem, Cook said. Police rely on members of the public who are aware of the presence of guns in the community to discourage and prevent their use while alerting police, he said. The growing spate of shootings in Calgary and elsewhere in Canada mirrors what’s happening in the U.S. and is heavily influenced by guns smuggled across the border from that country, said Mount Royal University criminologist Doug King. “We’re not going to see a decline (in shootings), we’re just going to see it increase more and more until we deal with the increase in illegal importation,” he said.

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He noted that police in Toronto, which has been plagued in recent years by a growing gun boom, said 85 percent of guns used in crimes were illegally owned and acquired. But he said many firearms are also being funneled into Canada from Asia. “When a cargo ship comes into Vancouver, only 5 per cent of the containers are inspected – that 5 per cent is the price of doing business (for smugglers),” King said. The federal government recently announced a temporary ban on gun imports into Canada, which will take effect Friday. The move is intended to stop before politicians in Parliament debate permanent gun freeze legislation this autumn.

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King said Ottawa’s plans to strengthen the ban on firearms at the country’s borders is a good step, but added that its plan to stop gun sales won’t have much of an impact on shooting rates. “These firearms are not registered and the people using them are criminals,” he said. Some of the increased guns, he said, can be attributed to rising levels of hate, conflict and domestic violence. This, combined with the easy availability of illegal weapons leads to their rapid use, he said. “For many people in Canada and the U.S., owning a firearm is a status symbol, and young people are very susceptible to that,” King said. He said better funding of police investigative capabilities and a border ban were key to reducing gun violence that has a long-term toll not only on its immediate victims, but also on those who live near them. “It increases the fear of crime (on their street) — it never goes back to zero,” King said. [email protected] Twitter: @BillKaufmannjrn

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title: “Woman Killed Man Injured Amid Rising Gun Violence In Calgary Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-11-04” author: “Richard Cook”

Publication date: August 18, 2022 • 57 minutes ago • 4 minutes to read • Join the discussion Calgary police are investigating the scene of a shooting in the 100 block of Everwoods Court SW in Calgary on Thursday. Jim Wells/Postmedia

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A woman is dead and a man is clinging to life Thursday after being shot in the city’s southwest, the latest incident in a spate of gun violence in Calgary.

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At approximately 8:20 a.m., police were called to the 100 block of Everwoods Crt. SW where they found two gunshot victims in a dark brown Bentley sedan parked in a driveway. “The woman was pronounced dead at the scene, while the man was taken to hospital in life-threatening condition,” city police said in a news release. The car was sitting in a neighbor’s driveway three doors down from the victims’ home at the time of the shooting. Blood splattered the street a few hours after the shooting. Calgary police investigate the scene of a shooting on Everwoods Court SW in Calgary on Thursday. Jim Wells/Postmedia None of the neighbors interviewed said they heard gunshots or saw attackers, but a woman who lives nearby said she heard a man screaming after the shooting and ran to help. “I saw a man in his car covered in blood — she was screaming … she didn’t move when I saw her,” said the neighbor, who chose to remain anonymous. “I got a towel outside and one of the other neighbors was doing chest compressions … he kept screaming ‘I’ve been shot’.” The woman and next-door neighbor Segun Oshile said the couple, described as being in their 30s, had lived in a quiet cul-de-sac for years and were pleasant and friendly. “They’re great people, some of the nicest people in the neighborhood, fun and ready to help,” Oshile said, adding that he had just talked to the male shooting victim the day before. “My wife and his wife were very close – my wife is in shock at the moment.” He called the incident “a wake-up call” suggesting that such shootings can happen anywhere in the city.

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UPDATE: Approx. At 8:20 am today, we were called to the 100 block of Everwoods Court SW for reports of two people in medical trouble. Upon arrival, police located a man and woman in a parked vehicle suffering from gunshot wounds. — Calgary Police (@CalgaryPolice) August 18, 2022
Some of the nearby homes, including the home directly behind where the homicide occurred, are equipped with surveillance cameras. When the vehicle was towed five hours after the shooting, the driver’s window was partially down and there was no apparent damage to the car. A vehicle involved in a shooting is towed from Everwoods Court SW in Calgary on Thursday. Jim Wells/Postmedia It’s the latest shooting in a city increasingly troubled by guns this year. On Wednesday, police said there have been 91 shootings in Calgary so far this year – just five short of the city’s total of 96 in 2021. By this time last year, there had been 52 shootings in the city. But they also said that less than 25 percent of those shootings involved gangs or organized crime, with most involving personal disputes, road rage, drugs or random discharge.

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Police also announced they had laid 120 charges against nine people and seized several firearms in investigations they say are linked to organized crime and a string of shootings. This included the discovery by airport security of a Glock pistol inside a piece of luggage at Calgary International Airport on July 17. We apologize, but this video failed to load. Last May, Deputy Chief Paul Cook told the Calgary Police Commission that the risks of death or imprisonment are proving to be weak deterrents to gun control in Calgary. “I can tell you that for the vast majority of people that we deal with, those consequences don’t matter to them,” he said. “(They think) it’s better to be caught with a gun by the police than to be without a gun and meet one of their rivals.”

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Poorly enforced existing laws governing firearms, particularly handguns that are illegally owned, stored and used, contribute to the growing problem, Cook said. Police rely on members of the public who are aware of the presence of guns in the community to discourage and prevent their use while alerting police, he said. The growing spate of shootings in Calgary and elsewhere in Canada mirrors what’s happening in the U.S. and is heavily influenced by guns smuggled across the border from that country, said Mount Royal University criminologist Doug King. “We’re not going to see a decline (in shootings), we’re just going to see it increase more and more until we deal with the increase in illegal importation,” he said.

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He noted that police in Toronto, which has been plagued in recent years by a growing gun boom, said 85 percent of guns used in crimes were illegally owned and acquired. But he said many firearms are also being funneled into Canada from Asia. “When a cargo ship comes into Vancouver, only 5 per cent of the containers are inspected – that 5 per cent is the price of doing business (for smugglers),” King said. The federal government recently announced a temporary ban on gun imports into Canada, which will take effect Friday. The move is intended to stop before politicians in Parliament debate permanent gun freeze legislation this autumn.

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King said Ottawa’s plans to strengthen the ban on firearms at the country’s borders is a good step, but added that its plan to stop gun sales won’t have much of an impact on shooting rates. “These firearms are not registered and the people using them are criminals,” he said. Some of the increased guns, he said, can be attributed to rising levels of hate, conflict and domestic violence. This, combined with the easy availability of illegal weapons leads to their rapid use, he said. “For many people in Canada and the U.S., owning a firearm is a status symbol, and young people are very susceptible to that,” King said. He said better funding of police investigative capabilities and a border ban were key to reducing gun violence that has a long-term toll not only on its immediate victims, but also on those who live near them. “It increases the fear of crime (on their street) — it never goes back to zero,” King said. [email protected] Twitter: @BillKaufmannjrn

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title: “Woman Killed Man Injured Amid Rising Gun Violence In Calgary Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-11-12” author: “Louise Barlow”

Publication date: August 18, 2022 • 57 minutes ago • 4 minutes to read • Join the discussion Calgary police are investigating the scene of a shooting in the 100 block of Everwoods Court SW in Calgary on Thursday. Jim Wells/Postmedia

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A woman is dead and a man is clinging to life Thursday after being shot in the city’s southwest, the latest incident in a spate of gun violence in Calgary.

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At approximately 8:20 a.m., police were called to the 100 block of Everwoods Crt. SW where they found two gunshot victims in a dark brown Bentley sedan parked in a driveway. “The woman was pronounced dead at the scene, while the man was taken to hospital in life-threatening condition,” city police said in a news release. The car was sitting in a neighbor’s driveway three doors down from the victims’ home at the time of the shooting. Blood splattered the street a few hours after the shooting. Calgary police investigate the scene of a shooting on Everwoods Court SW in Calgary on Thursday. Jim Wells/Postmedia None of the neighbors interviewed said they heard gunshots or saw attackers, but a woman who lives nearby said she heard a man screaming after the shooting and ran to help. “I saw a man in his car covered in blood — she was screaming … she didn’t move when I saw her,” said the neighbor, who chose to remain anonymous. “I got a towel outside and one of the other neighbors was doing chest compressions … he kept screaming ‘I’ve been shot’.” The woman and next-door neighbor Segun Oshile said the couple, described as being in their 30s, had lived in a quiet cul-de-sac for years and were pleasant and friendly. “They’re great people, some of the nicest people in the neighborhood, fun and ready to help,” Oshile said, adding that he had just talked to the male shooting victim the day before. “My wife and his wife were very close – my wife is in shock at the moment.” He called the incident “a wake-up call” suggesting that such shootings can happen anywhere in the city.

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UPDATE: Approx. At 8:20 am today, we were called to the 100 block of Everwoods Court SW for reports of two people in medical trouble. Upon arrival, police located a man and woman in a parked vehicle suffering from gunshot wounds. — Calgary Police (@CalgaryPolice) August 18, 2022
Some of the nearby homes, including the home directly behind where the homicide occurred, are equipped with surveillance cameras. When the vehicle was towed five hours after the shooting, the driver’s window was partially down and there was no apparent damage to the car. A vehicle involved in a shooting is towed from Everwoods Court SW in Calgary on Thursday. Jim Wells/Postmedia It’s the latest shooting in a city increasingly troubled by guns this year. On Wednesday, police said there have been 91 shootings in Calgary so far this year – just five short of the city’s total of 96 in 2021. By this time last year, there had been 52 shootings in the city. But they also said that less than 25 percent of those shootings involved gangs or organized crime, with most involving personal disputes, road rage, drugs or random discharge.

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Police also announced they had laid 120 charges against nine people and seized several firearms in investigations they say are linked to organized crime and a string of shootings. This included the discovery by airport security of a Glock pistol inside a piece of luggage at Calgary International Airport on July 17. We apologize, but this video failed to load. Last May, Deputy Chief Paul Cook told the Calgary Police Commission that the risks of death or imprisonment are proving to be weak deterrents to gun control in Calgary. “I can tell you that for the vast majority of people that we deal with, those consequences don’t matter to them,” he said. “(They think) it’s better to be caught with a gun by the police than to be without a gun and meet one of their rivals.”

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Poorly enforced existing laws governing firearms, particularly handguns that are illegally owned, stored and used, contribute to the growing problem, Cook said. Police rely on members of the public who are aware of the presence of guns in the community to discourage and prevent their use while alerting police, he said. The growing spate of shootings in Calgary and elsewhere in Canada mirrors what’s happening in the U.S. and is heavily influenced by guns smuggled across the border from that country, said Mount Royal University criminologist Doug King. “We’re not going to see a decline (in shootings), we’re just going to see it increase more and more until we deal with the increase in illegal importation,” he said.

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He noted that police in Toronto, which has been plagued in recent years by a growing gun boom, said 85 percent of guns used in crimes were illegally owned and acquired. But he said many firearms are also being funneled into Canada from Asia. “When a cargo ship comes into Vancouver, only 5 per cent of the containers are inspected – that 5 per cent is the price of doing business (for smugglers),” King said. The federal government recently announced a temporary ban on gun imports into Canada, which will take effect Friday. The move is intended to stop before politicians in Parliament debate permanent gun freeze legislation this autumn.

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King said Ottawa’s plans to strengthen the ban on firearms at the country’s borders is a good step, but added that its plan to stop gun sales won’t have much of an impact on shooting rates. “These firearms are not registered and the people using them are criminals,” he said. Some of the increased guns, he said, can be attributed to rising levels of hate, conflict and domestic violence. This, combined with the easy availability of illegal weapons leads to their rapid use, he said. “For many people in Canada and the U.S., owning a firearm is a status symbol, and young people are very susceptible to that,” King said. He said better funding of police investigative capabilities and a border ban were key to reducing gun violence that has a long-term toll not only on its immediate victims, but also on those who live near them. “It increases the fear of crime (on their street) — it never goes back to zero,” King said. [email protected] Twitter: @BillKaufmannjrn

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title: “Woman Killed Man Injured Amid Rising Gun Violence In Calgary Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-11-17” author: “Bob Fox”

Publication date: August 18, 2022 • 57 minutes ago • 4 minutes to read • Join the discussion Calgary police are investigating the scene of a shooting in the 100 block of Everwoods Court SW in Calgary on Thursday. Jim Wells/Postmedia

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A woman is dead and a man is clinging to life Thursday after being shot in the city’s southwest, the latest incident in a spate of gun violence in Calgary.

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At approximately 8:20 a.m., police were called to the 100 block of Everwoods Crt. SW where they found two gunshot victims in a dark brown Bentley sedan parked in a driveway. “The woman was pronounced dead at the scene, while the man was taken to hospital in life-threatening condition,” city police said in a news release. The car was sitting in a neighbor’s driveway three doors down from the victims’ home at the time of the shooting. Blood splattered the street a few hours after the shooting. Calgary police investigate the scene of a shooting on Everwoods Court SW in Calgary on Thursday. Jim Wells/Postmedia None of the neighbors interviewed said they heard gunshots or saw attackers, but a woman who lives nearby said she heard a man screaming after the shooting and ran to help. “I saw a man in his car covered in blood — she was screaming … she didn’t move when I saw her,” said the neighbor, who chose to remain anonymous. “I got a towel outside and one of the other neighbors was doing chest compressions … he kept screaming ‘I’ve been shot’.” The woman and next-door neighbor Segun Oshile said the couple, described as being in their 30s, had lived in a quiet cul-de-sac for years and were pleasant and friendly. “They’re great people, some of the nicest people in the neighborhood, fun and ready to help,” Oshile said, adding that he had just talked to the male shooting victim the day before. “My wife and his wife were very close – my wife is in shock at the moment.” He called the incident “a wake-up call” suggesting that such shootings can happen anywhere in the city.

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UPDATE: Approx. At 8:20 am today, we were called to the 100 block of Everwoods Court SW for reports of two people in medical trouble. Upon arrival, police located a man and woman in a parked vehicle suffering from gunshot wounds. — Calgary Police (@CalgaryPolice) August 18, 2022
Some of the nearby homes, including the home directly behind where the homicide occurred, are equipped with surveillance cameras. When the vehicle was towed five hours after the shooting, the driver’s window was partially down and there was no apparent damage to the car. A vehicle involved in a shooting is towed from Everwoods Court SW in Calgary on Thursday. Jim Wells/Postmedia It’s the latest shooting in a city increasingly troubled by guns this year. On Wednesday, police said there have been 91 shootings in Calgary so far this year – just five short of the city’s total of 96 in 2021. By this time last year, there had been 52 shootings in the city. But they also said that less than 25 percent of those shootings involved gangs or organized crime, with most involving personal disputes, road rage, drugs or random discharge.

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Police also announced they had laid 120 charges against nine people and seized several firearms in investigations they say are linked to organized crime and a string of shootings. This included the discovery by airport security of a Glock pistol inside a piece of luggage at Calgary International Airport on July 17. We apologize, but this video failed to load. Last May, Deputy Chief Paul Cook told the Calgary Police Commission that the risks of death or imprisonment are proving to be weak deterrents to gun control in Calgary. “I can tell you that for the vast majority of people that we deal with, those consequences don’t matter to them,” he said. “(They think) it’s better to be caught with a gun by the police than to be without a gun and meet one of their rivals.”

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Poorly enforced existing laws governing firearms, particularly handguns that are illegally owned, stored and used, contribute to the growing problem, Cook said. Police rely on members of the public who are aware of the presence of guns in the community to discourage and prevent their use while alerting police, he said. The growing spate of shootings in Calgary and elsewhere in Canada mirrors what’s happening in the U.S. and is heavily influenced by guns smuggled across the border from that country, said Mount Royal University criminologist Doug King. “We’re not going to see a decline (in shootings), we’re just going to see it increase more and more until we deal with the increase in illegal importation,” he said.

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He noted that police in Toronto, which has been plagued in recent years by a growing gun boom, said 85 percent of guns used in crimes were illegally owned and acquired. But he said many firearms are also being funneled into Canada from Asia. “When a cargo ship comes into Vancouver, only 5 per cent of the containers are inspected – that 5 per cent is the price of doing business (for smugglers),” King said. The federal government recently announced a temporary ban on gun imports into Canada, which will take effect Friday. The move is intended to stop before politicians in Parliament debate permanent gun freeze legislation this autumn.

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King said Ottawa’s plans to strengthen the ban on firearms at the country’s borders is a good step, but added that its plan to stop gun sales won’t have much of an impact on shooting rates. “These firearms are not registered and the people using them are criminals,” he said. Some of the increased guns, he said, can be attributed to rising levels of hate, conflict and domestic violence. This, combined with the easy availability of illegal weapons leads to their rapid use, he said. “For many people in Canada and the U.S., owning a firearm is a status symbol, and young people are very susceptible to that,” King said. He said better funding of police investigative capabilities and a border ban were key to reducing gun violence that has a long-term toll not only on its immediate victims, but also on those who live near them. “It increases the fear of crime (on their street) — it never goes back to zero,” King said. [email protected] Twitter: @BillKaufmannjrn

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title: “Woman Killed Man Injured Amid Rising Gun Violence In Calgary Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-12-01” author: “Harriet Walters”

Publication date: August 18, 2022 • 57 minutes ago • 4 minutes to read • Join the discussion Calgary police are investigating the scene of a shooting in the 100 block of Everwoods Court SW in Calgary on Thursday. Jim Wells/Postmedia

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A woman is dead and a man is clinging to life Thursday after being shot in the city’s southwest, the latest incident in a spate of gun violence in Calgary.

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At approximately 8:20 a.m., police were called to the 100 block of Everwoods Crt. SW where they found two gunshot victims in a dark brown Bentley sedan parked in a driveway. “The woman was pronounced dead at the scene, while the man was taken to hospital in life-threatening condition,” city police said in a news release. The car was sitting in a neighbor’s driveway three doors down from the victims’ home at the time of the shooting. Blood splattered the street a few hours after the shooting. Calgary police investigate the scene of a shooting on Everwoods Court SW in Calgary on Thursday. Jim Wells/Postmedia None of the neighbors interviewed said they heard gunshots or saw attackers, but a woman who lives nearby said she heard a man screaming after the shooting and ran to help. “I saw a man in his car covered in blood — she was screaming … she didn’t move when I saw her,” said the neighbor, who chose to remain anonymous. “I got a towel outside and one of the other neighbors was doing chest compressions … he kept screaming ‘I’ve been shot’.” The woman and next-door neighbor Segun Oshile said the couple, described as being in their 30s, had lived in a quiet cul-de-sac for years and were pleasant and friendly. “They’re great people, some of the nicest people in the neighborhood, fun and ready to help,” Oshile said, adding that he had just talked to the male shooting victim the day before. “My wife and his wife were very close – my wife is in shock at the moment.” He called the incident “a wake-up call” suggesting that such shootings can happen anywhere in the city.

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UPDATE: Approx. At 8:20 am today, we were called to the 100 block of Everwoods Court SW for reports of two people in medical trouble. Upon arrival, police located a man and woman in a parked vehicle suffering from gunshot wounds. — Calgary Police (@CalgaryPolice) August 18, 2022
Some of the nearby homes, including the home directly behind where the homicide occurred, are equipped with surveillance cameras. When the vehicle was towed five hours after the shooting, the driver’s window was partially down and there was no apparent damage to the car. A vehicle involved in a shooting is towed from Everwoods Court SW in Calgary on Thursday. Jim Wells/Postmedia It’s the latest shooting in a city increasingly troubled by guns this year. On Wednesday, police said there have been 91 shootings in Calgary so far this year – just five short of the city’s total of 96 in 2021. By this time last year, there had been 52 shootings in the city. But they also said that less than 25 percent of those shootings involved gangs or organized crime, with most involving personal disputes, road rage, drugs or random discharge.

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Police also announced they had laid 120 charges against nine people and seized several firearms in investigations they say are linked to organized crime and a string of shootings. This included the discovery by airport security of a Glock pistol inside a piece of luggage at Calgary International Airport on July 17. We apologize, but this video failed to load. Last May, Deputy Chief Paul Cook told the Calgary Police Commission that the risks of death or imprisonment are proving to be weak deterrents to gun control in Calgary. “I can tell you that for the vast majority of people that we deal with, those consequences don’t matter to them,” he said. “(They think) it’s better to be caught with a gun by the police than to be without a gun and meet one of their rivals.”

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Poorly enforced existing laws governing firearms, particularly handguns that are illegally owned, stored and used, contribute to the growing problem, Cook said. Police rely on members of the public who are aware of the presence of guns in the community to discourage and prevent their use while alerting police, he said. The growing spate of shootings in Calgary and elsewhere in Canada mirrors what’s happening in the U.S. and is heavily influenced by guns smuggled across the border from that country, said Mount Royal University criminologist Doug King. “We’re not going to see a decline (in shootings), we’re just going to see it increase more and more until we deal with the increase in illegal importation,” he said.

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He noted that police in Toronto, which has been plagued in recent years by a growing gun boom, said 85 percent of guns used in crimes were illegally owned and acquired. But he said many firearms are also being funneled into Canada from Asia. “When a cargo ship comes into Vancouver, only 5 per cent of the containers are inspected – that 5 per cent is the price of doing business (for smugglers),” King said. The federal government recently announced a temporary ban on gun imports into Canada, which will take effect Friday. The move is intended to stop before politicians in Parliament debate permanent gun freeze legislation this autumn.

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King said Ottawa’s plans to strengthen the ban on firearms at the country’s borders is a good step, but added that its plan to stop gun sales won’t have much of an impact on shooting rates. “These firearms are not registered and the people using them are criminals,” he said. Some of the increased guns, he said, can be attributed to rising levels of hate, conflict and domestic violence. This, combined with the easy availability of illegal weapons leads to their rapid use, he said. “For many people in Canada and the U.S., owning a firearm is a status symbol, and young people are very susceptible to that,” King said. He said better funding of police investigative capabilities and a border ban were key to reducing gun violence that has a long-term toll not only on its immediate victims, but also on those who live near them. “It increases the fear of crime (on their street) — it never goes back to zero,” King said. [email protected] Twitter: @BillKaufmannjrn

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