One dead in early-morning Kanata shooting
Three people found in Bridlewood home being questioned by Ottawa police
Graham Hughes, Lee Greenberg and Don Campbell
The Ottawa Citizen
Saturday, September 21, 2002
A 27-year-old Ottawa man died yesterday afternoon after an early-morning shooting in a quiet Kanata neighbourhood.
Michael Rankin was taken to the Ottawa Hospital's Civic campus after he was found on the ground floor of a house at 65 Stonemeadow Dr. with a gunshot wound to the head. He was dead by late afternoon.
Three people in the Bridlewood-area house were being held for questioning last evening as police guarded the house and a police photographer took evidence shots on the front porch.
Ottawa police Staff Sgt. Monique Ackland said someone in the house called 911 at about 4:50 a.m. to report someone had been shot.
Neighbours were awakened by the flashing lights of two fire trucks, an ambulance and as many as 10 police cars, one neighbour said. A man was carried out on a stretcher.
Police escorted an elderly woman from the house just before 10:30 a.m., but police would not confirm that she was the mother of the two men believed to live there.
It was unclear how many people lived in the house, which is only about 200 metres from the Ecole Elisabeth Bruyère across the street.
Staff Sgt. Gerry Sabourin, head of the Ottawa police major crime unit, said the occupants of the house knew Mr. Rankin and had invited him and a number of other people inside.
"The occupants were friends of Mike Rankin," he said.
Last night, police would not release the names of the people in custody. However, a green 1992 Pontiac parked in front of the double garage is registered to Henry Cadogan, who is listed as the resident at that address.
"You're in suburbia and you think you're safe," said one neighbour. "Then, all of a sudden, you hear pop, pop, pop, and Law and Order is in your front yard."
"This does not seem to be a random act of violence," Staff Sgt. Ackland said. "We do not want the residents of Kanata to be worried about the event."
No weapon was found at the scene, she said.
Bridlewood is a peaceful suburban neighbourhood where retirees live side-by-side with families raising young children. But yesterday, a chill gripped the middle-class subdivision.
The few residents who would talk to journalists spoke in hushed tones about a house occupied by two young men who had a lot of visitors "who don't stay very long."
Neighbours said police were no strangers to the house, investigating complaints ranging from noise to suspicious activity.
They described the residents as two men who were friendly, would say hello and occasionally even share a beer, but otherwise kept to themselves.
Others said the two men would leave their motorcycles running in the driveway and would race up and down on the street, revving their Harley-Davidsons to ear-shattering levels.
Staff Sgt. Ackland was unable to comment on the rumours of the comings and goings at the house.
Police are continuing their investigation. Anyone with information about the incident is asked to call the Ottawa police major crimes department at 236-1222, extension 5411.
Three people found in Bridlewood home being questioned by Ottawa police
Graham Hughes, Lee Greenberg and Don Campbell
The Ottawa Citizen
Saturday, September 21, 2002
A 27-year-old Ottawa man died yesterday afternoon after an early-morning shooting in a quiet Kanata neighbourhood.
Michael Rankin was taken to the Ottawa Hospital's Civic campus after he was found on the ground floor of a house at 65 Stonemeadow Dr. with a gunshot wound to the head. He was dead by late afternoon.
Three people in the Bridlewood-area house were being held for questioning last evening as police guarded the house and a police photographer took evidence shots on the front porch.
Ottawa police Staff Sgt. Monique Ackland said someone in the house called 911 at about 4:50 a.m. to report someone had been shot.
Neighbours were awakened by the flashing lights of two fire trucks, an ambulance and as many as 10 police cars, one neighbour said. A man was carried out on a stretcher.
Police escorted an elderly woman from the house just before 10:30 a.m., but police would not confirm that she was the mother of the two men believed to live there.
It was unclear how many people lived in the house, which is only about 200 metres from the Ecole Elisabeth Bruyère across the street.
Staff Sgt. Gerry Sabourin, head of the Ottawa police major crime unit, said the occupants of the house knew Mr. Rankin and had invited him and a number of other people inside.
"The occupants were friends of Mike Rankin," he said.
Last night, police would not release the names of the people in custody. However, a green 1992 Pontiac parked in front of the double garage is registered to Henry Cadogan, who is listed as the resident at that address.
"You're in suburbia and you think you're safe," said one neighbour. "Then, all of a sudden, you hear pop, pop, pop, and Law and Order is in your front yard."
"This does not seem to be a random act of violence," Staff Sgt. Ackland said. "We do not want the residents of Kanata to be worried about the event."
No weapon was found at the scene, she said.
Bridlewood is a peaceful suburban neighbourhood where retirees live side-by-side with families raising young children. But yesterday, a chill gripped the middle-class subdivision.
The few residents who would talk to journalists spoke in hushed tones about a house occupied by two young men who had a lot of visitors "who don't stay very long."
Neighbours said police were no strangers to the house, investigating complaints ranging from noise to suspicious activity.
They described the residents as two men who were friendly, would say hello and occasionally even share a beer, but otherwise kept to themselves.
Others said the two men would leave their motorcycles running in the driveway and would race up and down on the street, revving their Harley-Davidsons to ear-shattering levels.
Staff Sgt. Ackland was unable to comment on the rumours of the comings and goings at the house.
Police are continuing their investigation. Anyone with information about the incident is asked to call the Ottawa police major crimes department at 236-1222, extension 5411.
