Edmonton police said family members of one of the victims identified him as Butta Singh Gill.
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According to Canada’s CTV News Edmonton, a shooting occurred in Edmonton, southern Canada on Monday, killing two people, including an Indian man.
The Indian-origin man was identified as Buta Singh Gill, owner of Gill Construction Homes in Edmonton.
Edmonton police said in a news release that patrol officers from the Southwest Division responded to reports of shots fired in the area of Kavanagh Avenue Southwest and Cherniak Road Southwest. The Edmonton Police Service (EPS) is investigating the deaths of two men in southwest Edmonton.
Edmonton Police said, “Today, Monday, April 8, 2024, at approximately 12:00 p.m., South West Division patrol officers responded to reports of a shooting in the area of Cavanagh Boulevard SW and Cherniak Way SW.”
“On arrival, officers located three injured males. Emergency services 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 The male was taken to hospital with serious, life-threatening injuries.”
The Edmonton Police Service said its homicide unit has taken over the investigation and officers are not looking for any suspects, according to a news release. Autopsies are scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday, police said.
Family members of one of the victims identified him as Buta Singh Gill, the owner of Gill Construction Homes in Edmonton, CTV News Edmonton reported. At least 50 people, mostly members of the South Asian homebuilding community, gathered at the site Monday afternoon.
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The statement added: “There are no immediate concerns for public safety and responding officers have secured the scene. EPS homicide investigators will lead this investigation. No further details are available at this time.”
According to CTV Edmonton News, former Edmonton city councilor and former EPS member Mohinder Banga said he came to the scene of the incident after hearing that Gill was killed in the shooting.
Mohinder Banga said: “He was a very good man and whenever people needed help, he would step up and ask for nothing in return. That was his quality.” He added: “Obviously, you can see here Everybody, they were well-wishers and the community is in shock right now.”
Ms Lindsay Hilton, who said she witnessed the shooting on her way home, said she saw a man wearing construction clothing walking along Cavanagh Boulevard. She said a black car pulled out of a nearby construction site, made a U-turn, drove up behind the man and hit him.
“The man in the construction vest pulled out a gun, pointed it at the car and fired one shot in the driver’s side window, and then I turned the corner because I didn’t,” Hilton told CTV News Edmonton. Know what’s going on.” It’s going to happen. “I heard two more gunshots,” she said. “
Hilton said she pulled over and called 911. “I’ve had moments like this where I burst into tears because I thought it was something you wouldn’t see in broad daylight,” she said, according to Edmonton’s CTV News.
She said: “It looked like another interaction with someone who had stopped to talk at a construction site, so when I saw him pull out a gun and fire, it took me a minute to even process what was going on. Clear.” Meanwhile, another woman, Abby Sieban, said she was walking with her children in their stroller when she heard gunshots.
(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)
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