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Omar Rashid-Ghader, 33, an original member of the notorious south-end street gang the Ledbury-Banff Crips, was shot dead early Sunday morning inside a ByWard Market nightclub.
Rashid-Ghader, well known to police, was at the Sentral Night Club on Dalhousie Street around 3:20 a.m. when shots were fired. Patrons scattered and one ran to a nearby patrol officer to report the shooting.
Police tried to resuscitate Rashid-Ghader before paramedics arrived and requested a defibrillator, but he was pronounced dead at the scene.
The street was still blocked off and the victim’s body remained in the club Sunday morning, as forensic investigators processed “the complicated scene.”
Several of Rashid-Ghader’s friends, who had received word he had been shot during the night and rushed to hospitals and then to the police station for news, were visibly upset in the street outside of the club.
Known as “Esco” – short for “Escobar” – Rashid-Ghader has had multiple run-ins with the law.
In September 2003, he was one of eight people charged after a knife fight in the area of Ledbury Avenue and Banff Street, the place that would give rise to the street gang.
In June 2004, as police revved up efforts to take down the increasingly violent gang, whose members no longer unite under that name, Rashid-Ghader, then just 20, was charged with conspiracy to traffic cocaine and breach of recognizance.
Police block roads after a homicide was reported at the Sentral Club on Dalhousie Street between Murray Street and Clarence Street on Sunday, Aug. 14, 2016.
That November, gang members stormed into the southside eatery they were unofficially using as their headquarters to make sure they would be welcomed in future despite clear opposition. Rashid-Ghader was arrested alongside four other members who police alleged smashed the front windows of the bar with stones and assaulted customers and staff over two different nights. Rashid-Ghader was charged with aggravated assault, assault, intimidation, mischief over $5,000, causing a disturbance and various weapons charges.
In January 2009, Rashid-Ghader was arrested in the west end after police searched a rental car he was driving and found rocks of crack cocaine both inside the car and on him and $540. He was later searched at the police station where police found another $300 and 6.5 grams of crack. He was charged with cocaine trafficking.
Police investigate after a man was shot inside the Sentral Club on Dalhousie Street between Murray Street and Clarence Street on Sunday, Aug. 14, 2016.
A judge ruled in 2010 that the police search was warrantless and found that even though Rashid-Ghader made several “unbelievable” statements that the officers’ accounts were also inconsistent and tossed out the drug evidence against Rashid-Ghader. He testified himself that he was a drug dealer but that the drugs weren’t in plain view when police began searching him and the rental car. He told court that he had hidden the crack between his butt cheeks, but had some in his pocket for the $60 deal he was expecting to make. Back then, worried about being ripped by other dealers, Rashid-Ghader didn’t pull the drugs out until he had the cash in his hands.
Rashid-Ghader was also an aspiring rapper and hip hop star, with several videos posted on YouTube spanning a few years.
Down in the Market on Sunday morning, one woman said she had been at the club Saturday night with Rashid-Ghader and others to see a concert, but that she had left early as she did not like “the vibe” of the crowd. Brooklyn rapper Maino was scheduled to perform.
A man who said he works at Sentral but did not want to be identified, said the club’s policy is to pat down all guests when they enter, as security measure. There is no metal detector.
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Basil Radwan, 24, was waiting to go to work near the crime scene. He said he doesn’t really come downtown anymore because of the increase in violence.
“Everyday it’s getting worse,” he said.
Radwan, who used to live in the Cedarview area, said people bring violence from their neighbourhoods downtown.
This is the city’s 11th homicide of the year.
Police said there were no identified suspects in the death, and no one was being held in custody.
Dalhousie Street was expected to remain closed to all traffic, including pedestrians, from Clarence to Murray streets throughout Sunday.
Gunshots were also fired just after 5 a.m. Sunday on Innes Road in Blackburn Hamlet. Neighbours said the shots occurred the area east of Bearbrook Road. No injuries were reported in that incident.
The two incidents do not appear to be connected. Guns and Gangs Unit is investigating the shots in Blackburn Hamlet.
A police officer stands in front of Sentral nightclub on Dalhousie Street in the ByWard Market after a fatal shooting in Ottawa on Sunday, August 14, 2016.
Scene of crime in front of Sentral Club on Dalhousie Street between Murray Street and Clarence Street on Sunday, Aug. 14, 2016. (James Park)
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Rashid-Ghader, well known to police, was at the Sentral Night Club on Dalhousie Street around 3:20 a.m. when shots were fired. Patrons scattered and one ran to a nearby patrol officer to report the shooting.
Police tried to resuscitate Rashid-Ghader before paramedics arrived and requested a defibrillator, but he was pronounced dead at the scene.
The street was still blocked off and the victim’s body remained in the club Sunday morning, as forensic investigators processed “the complicated scene.”
Several of Rashid-Ghader’s friends, who had received word he had been shot during the night and rushed to hospitals and then to the police station for news, were visibly upset in the street outside of the club.
Known as “Esco” – short for “Escobar” – Rashid-Ghader has had multiple run-ins with the law.
In September 2003, he was one of eight people charged after a knife fight in the area of Ledbury Avenue and Banff Street, the place that would give rise to the street gang.
In June 2004, as police revved up efforts to take down the increasingly violent gang, whose members no longer unite under that name, Rashid-Ghader, then just 20, was charged with conspiracy to traffic cocaine and breach of recognizance.
Police block roads after a homicide was reported at the Sentral Club on Dalhousie Street between Murray Street and Clarence Street on Sunday, Aug. 14, 2016.
That November, gang members stormed into the southside eatery they were unofficially using as their headquarters to make sure they would be welcomed in future despite clear opposition. Rashid-Ghader was arrested alongside four other members who police alleged smashed the front windows of the bar with stones and assaulted customers and staff over two different nights. Rashid-Ghader was charged with aggravated assault, assault, intimidation, mischief over $5,000, causing a disturbance and various weapons charges.
In January 2009, Rashid-Ghader was arrested in the west end after police searched a rental car he was driving and found rocks of crack cocaine both inside the car and on him and $540. He was later searched at the police station where police found another $300 and 6.5 grams of crack. He was charged with cocaine trafficking.
Police investigate after a man was shot inside the Sentral Club on Dalhousie Street between Murray Street and Clarence Street on Sunday, Aug. 14, 2016.
A judge ruled in 2010 that the police search was warrantless and found that even though Rashid-Ghader made several “unbelievable” statements that the officers’ accounts were also inconsistent and tossed out the drug evidence against Rashid-Ghader. He testified himself that he was a drug dealer but that the drugs weren’t in plain view when police began searching him and the rental car. He told court that he had hidden the crack between his butt cheeks, but had some in his pocket for the $60 deal he was expecting to make. Back then, worried about being ripped by other dealers, Rashid-Ghader didn’t pull the drugs out until he had the cash in his hands.
Rashid-Ghader was also an aspiring rapper and hip hop star, with several videos posted on YouTube spanning a few years.
Down in the Market on Sunday morning, one woman said she had been at the club Saturday night with Rashid-Ghader and others to see a concert, but that she had left early as she did not like “the vibe” of the crowd. Brooklyn rapper Maino was scheduled to perform.
A man who said he works at Sentral but did not want to be identified, said the club’s policy is to pat down all guests when they enter, as security measure. There is no metal detector.
https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/764825794006908928/pu/vid/1280x720/76DgpHa-cVvxVbHy.mp4
Basil Radwan, 24, was waiting to go to work near the crime scene. He said he doesn’t really come downtown anymore because of the increase in violence.
“Everyday it’s getting worse,” he said.
Radwan, who used to live in the Cedarview area, said people bring violence from their neighbourhoods downtown.
This is the city’s 11th homicide of the year.
Police said there were no identified suspects in the death, and no one was being held in custody.
Dalhousie Street was expected to remain closed to all traffic, including pedestrians, from Clarence to Murray streets throughout Sunday.
Gunshots were also fired just after 5 a.m. Sunday on Innes Road in Blackburn Hamlet. Neighbours said the shots occurred the area east of Bearbrook Road. No injuries were reported in that incident.
The two incidents do not appear to be connected. Guns and Gangs Unit is investigating the shots in Blackburn Hamlet.
A police officer stands in front of Sentral nightclub on Dalhousie Street in the ByWard Market after a fatal shooting in Ottawa on Sunday, August 14, 2016.
Scene of crime in front of Sentral Club on Dalhousie Street between Murray Street and Clarence Street on Sunday, Aug. 14, 2016. (James Park)
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