Four murdered in Calgary on Jan 01/09

rafterman

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Calgary is getting worse than Vancouver for gang violence. Three dead.

Plus another run of the mill death in a bar brawl.

Three men shot dead in Calgary restaurant attack

Calgary police are investigating the deaths of three men in a gang-style shooting at a restaurant in southeast part of the city on Thursday afternoon.

01/01/2009 9:35:43 PM

Three shot dead in Calgary restaurant
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Police officers investigate the scene of a fatal shooting in southeast Calgary on Thursday, Jan. 1, 2009.

CTV.ca News Staff

Duty Inspector Dean LaGrange told CTV.ca that police responded to a call at 3:50 p.m. local time that indicated gunshots had been fired at the restaurant.

"Upon arrival, three males were observed to be in medical distress. EMS responded as well and pronounced all three deceased," he said.

At least ten people were in the Bolsa Restaurant at the time of the shooting. The three men were eating in the main part of the Vietnamese restaurant when they were shot.

Investigators are looking at a number of suspects and it is believed they fled the scene in a silver vehicle.

All three men were originally inside the restaurant, LaGrange said, but one of the men was found deceased outside the restaurant when police arrived.

LaGrange said police have no suspects in custody at present.

"It is unknown to us right now, in this stage of the investigation, if this is gang- or drug-related, but we are comfortable saying that it doesn't appear to be random," he said.

The organized crime unit is investigating the crime, the Calgary police said in a statement.

CTV Calgary's Elissa Carpenter said police have yet to remove the bodies of the victims from the scene.

Calgary has had many problems with gang activity in recent months, which police say is linked to more than one-third of city homicides.

Police investigate separate Jan. 1 death

Earlier Thursday, the Calgary police major crime unit was investigating the death of a man in his early twenties who died after an apparent altercation at a pub in the northeast part of the city.

"At this point there's very little known about this victim. It's believed he's new to Canada. Police are in the process of trying to locate his next of kin," said Acting Staff Sgt. Patty McCallum.

Police say two other men were injured in that incident, both of whom have been released from hospital.

It is not clear how the men are connected.

With files from The Canadian Press, CTV Calgary and ctvcalgary.ca
 

wolverine

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That doesn't stop the media from sensationalizing the violence and panicking idiots into believing that the big bad city is too dangerous to live in. We in Edmonton have to put up with the Murder Capital crap all the time.
 

Thatotherguy

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Worse?
whats worse about it?
the best thing gangmembers can do is wack one another.
the more the better. everytime one more bites a bullet i clap.
The problem with this is that all too often innocent bystanders get caught in the crossfire. Remember that targeted hit at the apartment in Surrey near the skytrain station? Sure, the drug dealers who were targeted who lived in the apartment got killed. So did the completely innocent guy who was working on their fireplace at the time. So did their neighbor who heard something and came to help.
 
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