The Ottawa Police Service has released scant information about a shooting outside an Uplands\u002Darea wedding reception last Saturday.
“It is clear this could have been a much more deadly attack,” Ottawa Police Service Deputy Chief Trish Ferguson told reporters on Wednesday.Police have released few other details, but the fact that 50 bullets were sprayed into the crowd offers some clues. The first is the possibility there was more than one shooter. Even though illegal handguns may have magazines holding dozens of bullets in preloaded clips, shooting 50 rounds would still likely require reloading.
“I would be shocked if there was only one person involved in something like this. There are logistics. Information was known in advance. There was planning.”Article content It is likely the shooter’s gun came into Canada illegally from the United States, said Noah Schwartz, an assistant professor of political science at the University of Fraser Valley and author of On Target: Gun Culture, Storytelling and the NRA.Article content
“There are also switches known as ‘auto-sear’ that can be purchased on the black market that are favoured by some gang members that allow semi-automatic handguns to be converted into fully automatic handguns,” Schwartz added. “I have no proof that this was used here, but it is within the realm of the possible.”Article content
“If I were to speculate, it tell you that it is not someone who legally owns a handgun or is a sport shooter. It’s someone who has no regard for public safety. They don’t care who they hit.”
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