“The violence can be directly attributed to the wanton and reckless behaviour of a few individuals in our city who do not reflect the same caring beliefs and values that the majority of Calgarians display.” YYC
The report to the police commission noted that 26 of 100 shootings up to Sept. 12 are being investigated as connected to organized crime.
“We are confident the violence we are currently seeing in Calgary is not related to conflicts across Canada,” Boyd said. With shootings happening in all areas of the city, Boyd said all Calgarians should be concerned with the gun violence and consider helping police investigations in any number of ways.“The reality is that for us to be successful in solving these crimes, we rely on eyewitness testimony, CCTV footage and physical evidence to help solve the crime with our investigators,” he said.
Neufeld said conversations from his American counterparts show the damage assault-style guns can cause in mass shootings.