Ottawa man, 34, dies in hospital after shooting in Heron Gate area
Ottawa Police say a man,34, who was shot Thursday night has died from his injuries.
Emergency responders were called to the area of Walkley and Heron roads at around 7:40 p.m.
When police arrived on the scene, they found a man in his vehicle with gunshot wounds, Ottawa police said in an update Friday.
Police officers administered CPR before paramedics took over and transported him to hospital, where he later died.
In a second update Friday, police said the victim has been identified as 34-year-old Ahmed Salim-Al-Badri, of Ottawa.
This is the third homicide in the city in a week and the 20th so far this year.
"One homicide is too many. The team is working hard to try to tackle them as is our guns and gang unit to understand what the motivations are here and where that conflict is standing right now," Ottawa Police Chief Eric Stubbs said Friday.
"Right now, it doesn't appear from what we see that they're linked from one to the next but they're still working through that. Again, it's in the early days, particularly early hours."
Police interviewed multiple witnesses in the area. They asked people to expect a significant presence in the Herongate Mall area.
"I don't like the area. I feel like there's a lot of gang issues going around," said resident Zena Ghandour. "They don't care anymore. Before, it used to happen at midnight, now they don't care -- even during the day."
Alta Vista Ward Coun. Marty Carr said she is in conversation with police often.
"I've certainly had discussions at many different levels about what we need to do overall and how we need to have an integrated response, not only with the police. I mean public safety is not proprietary, but also with, you know, with the city, with community services, with our social service partners, on how we can make upstream investments into our program so that we're working more from violence prevention and not always reactive," she said.
The investigation is ongoing.
Anyone with information about this incident is asked to call police at 613-236-1222, extension 5493, or call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.
With files from CTV News Ottawa's Kimberley Fowler
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