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Bullets end bar beef Mon December 19, 2005
Teen shot in leg as Gatineau spat spills over into Glebe parking lot
By LAURA CZEKAJ AND STEVE RENNIE, OTTAWA SUN
A FIGHT ABOUT "nothing" outside a Gatineau bar ended in a hail of bullets and a 19-year-old student being shot in the lower leg in a Glebe parking lot yesterday.
It was the fourth shooting to rock the city in less than a month.
This latest case of violence began innocuously enough when 20-30 students from area schools hired a school bus to pick them up and drive them to a Gatineau bar for a night of rowdy fun.
Near the end of the night, some students got into an argument with four men outside the bar.
"It really is something out of a Seinfeld episode," said Sgt. Richard Dugal. "It was really about nothing. It was largely a misunderstanding."
As the students got on the bus and left, the riled-up men followed behind the bus in what witnesses described as an SUV.
The bus arrived at a municipal parking lot on Third Ave. near Bank St. shortly after 2 a.m. and the shouting match continued between the SUV's passengers and two men from the bus group.
After about 15 minutes of yelling, three of the SUV occupants pulled out what resembled guns and several rounds were fired.
"It was a surprise to everyone that we have talked to that all of the sudden guns came out," said Dugal.
One bullet made impact, piercing the lower leg of a male student and cutting its way clean through. No one else was hit.
Dugal said at least one gun is believed to be real, but investigators believe the other two may have been replicas or paintball guns.
No bullets or weapons were recovered by police.
4 OR 5 SHOTS
Witnesses described a small-calibre firearm and said four or five shots were fired at the victim.
A woman who lives next door to the parking lot, who didn't want to give her name, said she heard the driver of the SUV yell "Come on, let's get out of here" before the vehicle sped off toward Bank St.
Jason Karp, 22, said he looked out his second-storey window when he heard the commotion in the parking lot across the street. He said he saw the victim fall to the ground after gunshots that sounded "like muffled firecrackers."
Karp said one man shouted for someone to call an ambulance as the students crowded around the wounded man. Several people took off their shirts to cover him.
Another neighbour called an ambulance and rushed outside with two towels to wrap around the victim's bleeding leg.
When paramedics arrived at the scene, the towels were on his leg, stemming the flow of blood.
The man was in stable condition throughout the ordeal and was able to answer investigators' questions. He was taken to the Ottawa Hospital's Civic campus, where he was treated and released soon after.
'SCARY' FOR RESIDENT
The shooting has neighbours worried about the city's recent rash of gun violence.
Victor Sujka said he's never seen anything like this in the 33 years he's lived in the Glebe.
"It's not what we're used to. It's like a different community," he said.
Nora Gorman, whose home faces the parking lot where the shooting occurred, said she never expected something like this to happen in the Glebe.
"That's a scary thought. It does worry me -- I'm concerned about the neighbourhood," she said.
Peter Brewer, who also lives near the lot, said gun violence is a growing concern for many residents.
"It worries us because there are a lot of young families in this neighbourhood," he said. "It's a community where you don't think those things will happen."
laura.czekaj@ott.sunpub.com
http://www.ottawasun.com/News/OttawaAndRegion/2005/12/19/1359236-sun.html
Teen shot in leg as Gatineau spat spills over into Glebe parking lot
By LAURA CZEKAJ AND STEVE RENNIE, OTTAWA SUN
A FIGHT ABOUT "nothing" outside a Gatineau bar ended in a hail of bullets and a 19-year-old student being shot in the lower leg in a Glebe parking lot yesterday.
It was the fourth shooting to rock the city in less than a month.
This latest case of violence began innocuously enough when 20-30 students from area schools hired a school bus to pick them up and drive them to a Gatineau bar for a night of rowdy fun.
Near the end of the night, some students got into an argument with four men outside the bar.
"It really is something out of a Seinfeld episode," said Sgt. Richard Dugal. "It was really about nothing. It was largely a misunderstanding."
As the students got on the bus and left, the riled-up men followed behind the bus in what witnesses described as an SUV.
The bus arrived at a municipal parking lot on Third Ave. near Bank St. shortly after 2 a.m. and the shouting match continued between the SUV's passengers and two men from the bus group.
After about 15 minutes of yelling, three of the SUV occupants pulled out what resembled guns and several rounds were fired.
"It was a surprise to everyone that we have talked to that all of the sudden guns came out," said Dugal.
One bullet made impact, piercing the lower leg of a male student and cutting its way clean through. No one else was hit.
Dugal said at least one gun is believed to be real, but investigators believe the other two may have been replicas or paintball guns.
No bullets or weapons were recovered by police.
4 OR 5 SHOTS
Witnesses described a small-calibre firearm and said four or five shots were fired at the victim.
A woman who lives next door to the parking lot, who didn't want to give her name, said she heard the driver of the SUV yell "Come on, let's get out of here" before the vehicle sped off toward Bank St.
Jason Karp, 22, said he looked out his second-storey window when he heard the commotion in the parking lot across the street. He said he saw the victim fall to the ground after gunshots that sounded "like muffled firecrackers."
Karp said one man shouted for someone to call an ambulance as the students crowded around the wounded man. Several people took off their shirts to cover him.
Another neighbour called an ambulance and rushed outside with two towels to wrap around the victim's bleeding leg.
When paramedics arrived at the scene, the towels were on his leg, stemming the flow of blood.
The man was in stable condition throughout the ordeal and was able to answer investigators' questions. He was taken to the Ottawa Hospital's Civic campus, where he was treated and released soon after.
'SCARY' FOR RESIDENT
The shooting has neighbours worried about the city's recent rash of gun violence.
Victor Sujka said he's never seen anything like this in the 33 years he's lived in the Glebe.
"It's not what we're used to. It's like a different community," he said.
Nora Gorman, whose home faces the parking lot where the shooting occurred, said she never expected something like this to happen in the Glebe.
"That's a scary thought. It does worry me -- I'm concerned about the neighbourhood," she said.
Peter Brewer, who also lives near the lot, said gun violence is a growing concern for many residents.
"It worries us because there are a lot of young families in this neighbourhood," he said. "It's a community where you don't think those things will happen."
laura.czekaj@ott.sunpub.com
http://www.ottawasun.com/News/OttawaAndRegion/2005/12/19/1359236-sun.html
