Ottawa: In a fresh shooting incident, two people including an Indian-origin man were killed in Edmonton on Monday, according to the CTV News Edmonton.
Owner of Edmonton-based Gill Built Homes, Buta Singh Gill is the Indian-origin man. In a press statement, the Edmonton police said that Southwest Branch patrol officers responded to the report of a shooting in the area of Cavanagh Boulevard Southwest and Cherniak Way Southwest. The Edmonton Police Service (EPS) is investigating the death of two men in southwest Edmonton, the authorities stated.
The police said, “At approximately 12:00 p.m. today, Monday, Apr. 8, 2024, Southwest Branch patrol officers responded to the report of a shooting in the area of Cavanagh Boulevard SW and Cherniak Way SW. Upon police arrival three injured males were located. EMS responded and determined two males, a 49-year-old and a 57-year-old were deceased, and a 51-year-old male was seriously injured. Paramedics transported the surviving male to hospital with serious life-threatening injuries.”
“EPS Homicide Section has since taken over the investigation. Police are not looking for any suspects,” Edmonton police stated in a press release.
Mohinder Banga, former Edmonton city councillor and former EPS member said he came to the site of the incident after hearing Gill had been killed in the shooting, CTV News Edmonton reported.
Banga said the community is in shock, hearing the news of Gill. A witness, Lindsay Hilton, who witnessed the shooting while heading home, said she saw a man walking down Cavanagh Boulevard wearing construction attire. She said a black car came out of a nearby construction site, did a U-turn, drove up behind the man and bumped him.
She described a man in a construction vest firing a gun at a car in broad daylight. Hilton, reported hearing three shots and called 911, expressing shock at the violence. Another witness, Abby Sieban, was walking with her children when the gunfire occurred.
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