1 dead in southwest Calgary shooting, police say
A woman is dead following a shooting in the southwest Calgary community of Haysboro on Saturday, police said.
Police found a woman in her 20s suffering from what are believed to be gunshot wounds at approximately 4:30 p.m. in the 8700 block of Horton Road S.W., according to the Calgary Police Service.
First responders attempted to save the woman's life, but she was declared deceased at the scene, police said.
They added that they were responding to reports of gunshots in a house's parking garage.
Police believe the shooting was targeted. An investigation by the force's Homicide Unit is ongoing, and as of Saturday afternoon no suspect was in custody.
An autopsy of the woman's body has been scheduled for Tuesday, police said.
The Calgary Police Service is asking anybody who witnessed the shooting or has footage of the area at the time of the incident to contact police by calling 403-266-1234.
Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles
CBC
2 hours ago
- CBC
Signal Hill residents on high alert after brass address signs stolen
Several Signal Hill residents say brass plaques bearing their home addresses have been stolen, causing issues for delivery and ride share services, which cannot locate the homes, and raising concerns among community members. "I guess you always feel like your security is threatened," said Pauline Patenaude, a resident of Signal Hill. Security camera footage Patenaude shared with CBC News at the end of June shows a person running across her front lawn as an SUV drives along the street with its trunk open in the early hours of the morning. Both the person and the vehicle then disappear behind a tree. While her sign was not taken, later that same morning Patenaude noticed the signs on some of her neighbours' properties were missing. She suspects the individual from the footage stole the signs and put them in the vehicle. "Some of the Amazon drivers were having difficulty finding house addresses," Patenaude said. "They were just knocking on doors trying to figure out which number was which. That's when a number of us got outside and realized how many of them were missing." According to Federal Metals, a Calgary-based scrap metal recycler, metal sign thefts are not uncommon. Many often contain highly valuable precious metals, such as brass, bronze or copper, that can be melted down and sold to scrap metal buyers. Brass and copper, for example, can be sold at a rate of two to four dollars per kilogram, the company's website says. At the end of June, four bronze plaques were stolen from the Hart House in the nearby neighbourhood of Patterson Heights. The heritage site previously belonged to Stu Hart, the former pro wrestler and creator of Stampede Wrestling. And in March, residents of Canyon Meadows had copper address signs stolen from their homes. The government of Alberta introduced legislation in 2020 to make it more difficult for criminals to sell stolen metal to scrap yards. The new law was mainly in response to catalytic converter thefts. According to Patenaude, roughly 15 homes are missing their address signs, and a plaque marking the entrance to the community is also gone. The Calgary Police Service told CBC News they have not received any reports of sign thefts in the area. An 'ongoing epidemic' Address signs are not the only ones missing in the community. Two years ago a brass plaque disappeared from the cenotaph in Battalion Park, said Ron Waters, president of the Signal Hill Community Association. Waters said the city removed a second brass plaque to prevent it from going missing too, and is working to replace the signs with cheaper materials that won't be as attractive to potential thieves — similar to what the city of Cambridge, Ont., did last year. In a statement, the City of Calgary said the plaques are expected to be ready for installation by the end of August, and fully replaced by the end of September. "We can confirm that the replacement plaques are being fabricated, ensuring consistency with the park's commemorative design and heritage intent," the statement said. Although the recent slate of missing plaques and address signs have been concentrated around Signal Hill, Waters says the problem extends beyond his community. "This is kind of an ongoing epidemic throughout Calgary," said Waters. "It's kind of sad that we're seeing this because when people go to the extent of placing a plaque, it's usually in memory of someone special or some significant event." He added that almost all of the address signs in his community were installed by the original developers in the 1980s. For many residents the signs have just always been there. "It's almost like having a silent friend commemorating the area of where they live," said Waters. The signs are expensive to replace, costing up to $400 for a new one, Patenaude said. Many residents are looking at alternative options, such as adding cheaper metal numbers above their garages. Patenaude said while she and other residents are concerned, the community has banded together.
Global News
11 hours ago
- Global News
Shoplifting on the rise in B.C., but one group says stores have given up reporting
A citizen group advocating for the reduction of street disorder in B.C. says federal crime statistics do not paint the whole picture of what is happening in the province. The agency attributed much of the overall decline in the crime severity index in 2024 to a six-per cent drop in non-violent crime, which includes such crimes as property and drug offences. Story continues below advertisement Save Our Streets in B.C. told Global News that stats show a decrease in certain crimes but that is because many people and businesses have given up reporting to authorities. Get daily National news Get the day's top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day. Sign up for daily National newsletter Sign Up By providing your email address, you have read and agree to Global News' Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy 'It's driving some companies out of business, losing jobs in certain communities as a result,' Jess Ketchum, co-founder of Save Our Streets, said. It appears, however, that shoplifting is up, with a 66-per cent increase Canada-wide in incidents of shoplifting under $5,000. In B.C., Statistics Canada reports that in the last four years, shoplifting violations have increased nearly 80 per cent. 'We've had particular reports from the Kootenays that would indicate that people have just given up on reporting these crimes because they know the police just don't have the resources to do everything we're asking them to do,' Ketchum added. 2:14 City of Vancouver launches shoplifting and retail theft task force The head of London Drugs says shoplifting often leads to violence against staff. Story continues below advertisement 'Physical assault, death threats are routine, the production of needles, pipes, hammers, weapons that could cause permanent and life-altering harm to employees are routine,' Clint Mahlman, president and COO of London Drugs, said. Mahlman says that increased security measures for his downtown Vancouver stores have been making a difference, along with an extra police presence. B.C. stats show 20,486 incidents in 2020, and 36,851 incidents in 2024, which is an increase of 79.8 per cent, according to Statistics Canada. Last year only 4,040 people were charged and it is not known how many charges led to convictions.
Calgary Herald
13 hours ago
- Calgary Herald
Everything you need to know about restraining orders in Alberta
Article content According to Daniel Wilson, senior associate lawyer at Calgary-based Mincher Koeman, the main difference between applying for a restraining order and for an EPO to deal with family-related violence is whether the situation is urgent enough to necessitate an order without giving the defendant advance notice. Article content A no-contact order, according to Niv, is a condition that can be encompassed in either a restraining or an EPO. 'Either a judge will decide or the parties, most likely, will agree on (mutual no-contact),' he said. 'Technically that's a restraining order on both people, but it's limited to a no-contact condition.' Article content A restraining order, according to Wilson, can 'apply to an infinite number of situations'. Article content Article content 'There has to be some kind of offending conduct, like an invasion of privacy, stalking, harassment, unwelcome communication,' he said. Article content The court would have to determine if the person seeking the restraining order has a 'sincere, subjective basis for believing the offending conduct is going to continue … and that the belief is objectively reasonable,' he added. Article content The evidence would have to be specific, not speculative. 'It's not enough to say that if I don't get a restraining order, this person might engage in this unwelcome behaviour,' he said. 'The claimant would have to show that there's a likelihood that it will continue based on faces, not based on belief or dislike for someone.' Article content To qualify for an EPO, the judge has to be satisfied that it is an emergency with three determinations, according to Wilson. Article content 'The first is that family violence has occurred,' he said, whether that be physical violence, damage to property or threats of violence to a family member. Article content Article content 'Then the claimant or alleged victim has to believe that the respondent will continue or resume carrying out the family violence. Third, by reason of seriousness or urgency, the order should be granted for the immediate protection of the claimant and other family members. Article content 'So EPOs are supposed to be reserved for situations of urgency.' Article content How is a restraining order or an EPO obtained? Article content In the case of a restraining order, the person filing the application would have to give the defendant — whom the application is being filed against — 20 days notice, to allow time to make a defence. Article content 'The default principle our justice system normally works on is one of fairness and the other side is to be given an opportunity to respond to the case that is made against them before the court makes an order that will affect their rights,' Wilson said. Article content However, the court can allow for wiggle room to shorten the period of notice, whereby the defendant is instead served with 10 days notice and on the 10th day, the claimant can ask the court to shorten the notice period. Article content The court can also grant an interim or a 'without prejudice restraining order' until the hearing to approve or reject a full restraining order or EPO. 'It's just to create or preserve status quo without deciding against anyone because there hasn't been a fair hearing as yet,' he said. Article content For a client concerned about violence during the interim period, Wilson said he would first discuss the possibility of applying without serving notice. 'No harm in doing that, if you lose, you just have to make the application again,' Wilson said. Article content However, the respondent should know that any criminal acts conducted during that period could be used as evidence against them at the hearing for the order, especially actions in the nature of conduct that led to the restraining order being applied for. Article content However, an emergency protection order is a much simpler, expedited matter. As it caters to situations of emergency, a claimant seeking an order can go to a courthouse and fill out an application for the order. An available staff lawyer who will make the application to the judge for them and the claimant would have to give a brief oral evidence on the stand. The judge would then make the order or refuse to make the order, he said, the whole process of which would only take up to a half hour. Article content Article content If court isn't sitting, then a claimant can make the application via a phone call to a justice of peace. Article content Hiring a lawyer isn't necessary to obtain a protection order. But Niv said he's often called by clients who find the process too complex, lengthy and/or are too victimized to be able to write the affidavit and serve the person whom the order is taken out against. Article content 'Unless you hire third parties to do some of these tasks for you, you're going to have some interaction with the person want to last deal with,' he said. Article content It depends on the nature of the order. Article content Conditions set out in a protection order can vary widely, depending on the parties involved. For some, it may mean that one party is not allowed to set foot within a certain distance of the other or have limited contact through specific means or no contact at all. It may mean that both parties are prohibited from contacting each other or talking about each other. Article content Article content 'It can impact the defendant severely,' according to Wilson, by preventing them from returning home, visiting their neighbourhood, church, their place of employment, family members, visiting their children or discussing children with another parent. Article content 'It can prevent them from coordinating a visit where a third party brings kids to the visit just because the order might be worded in an unfortunate way,' he added. Article content The wording of an order can sometimes have unintended adverse consequences for both parties. For example, if the parties are spouses going through a separation, an order may force them to only communicate through their lawyers, instead of texting — 'which is very expensive.' Article content It could also preclude the claimant from visiting places where the respondent might be. 'It makes things practically very difficult and expensive and slow,' he said. Article content What happens if an order is defied? Article content It depends on how the order was customized. 'Because civil restraining orders and emergency protective orders are more party-driven, it's up to the private individuals to decide what they're asking for and they can negotiate that with the other individual,' Wilson said. Article content An order, for example, can include police enforcement clauses. 'If a breach is reported, the police or any peace officer can arrest the party in breach' and bring them to a judge to be held in a contempt hearing, Wilson said. Article content Because it is a civil order, breaching it is not a criminal offense, but it can result in a fine or imprisonment, Wilson said. Article content In Niv's experience, most of the time, the person served with the order stays away. Article content 'The fact that one has been filed is usually enough to tell people who are doing the problem to stop,' he said. Article content Article content However, both Niv and Wilson emphasize that it does not guarantee a person's safety against an alleged perpetrator. Article content 'An EPO or a restraining order will at best create civil or criminal consequences for a respondent who breaches it,' Wilson said. 'But it will not protect a person from an assault or an attempt on the claimant's life. It's a piece of paper, so the only thing that will do that is incarceration of the respondent.' Article content However, by filing and obtaining an order, the hope is that it would keep the person whom the order is taken out against, from breaching conditions to avoid criminal charges or civil sanctions. Article content 'They won't want to be charged with an offence. They won't want to be charged with contempt. They won't want their behaviour to reflect poorly on them if there is a parenting dispute,' he said. Article content Article content When it does happen, it's usually because someone attempted communication with a former spouse via a family member to encourage them to drop the restraining order, he said. 'Or not respecting a condition of staying away 100 m or 50 m,' he added. Article content A 'blatant, wilful' disobedience of the order would result in 'immediate consequences' as the claimant would presumably call the police. 'And if they show they won't comply with court orders, especially if they have criminal charges against them, then they're going to have their judicial interim release revoked and they might be waiting in remand until their charges are dealt with,' he said. Article content
