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Wednesday, September 7, 2011 www.metronews.ca News worth sharing.
Cops need help in reserve shooting
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Family, friends identify homicide victim as Chelsea Yellowbird She was relative of Ethan, 5, who was shot next door on July 11 SHELLEY WILLIAMSON/METRO
Jaynne Carre rappels down the Sutton Place Hotel yesterday during the sixth annual Easter Seals’ Drop Zone. HEATHER MCINTYRE/METRO
Hanging out for Easter Seals Jaynne Carre was one of about 80 “superheroes” to step out of their comfort zone and off the edge of the hotel roof to rappel 29 storeys to the ground below. For more on the event, see page 4.
An RCMP officer says deadly violence on the Samson Cree reserve in central Alberta won’t end unless residents stop supporting gang members and come forward as witnesses. Sgt. Patrick Webb said yesterday it’s a “good guess” the latest shooting is gang-related. Officers questioned several witnesses after a 23-year-old woman was shot outside a house early Monday. Moments later, more bullets were fired at a nearby home. “Some individuals are not at all conducive to supporting the investigation,” said Webb. “Right now we have had some information, but certainly not enough to lay a charge.” The shooting occurred next to the home where five-year-old Ethan Yellowbird was killed July 11. The boy, a grandchild of band Chief Marvin Yellowbird, was struck in the head by a bullet fired from outside his bedroom wall. It was the second shooting on the
Gang fights About a dozen gangs have been fighting over the drug trade on the reserve over the last few years. Webb said 60 per cent of the 14,000 residents are under 18 and especially vulnerable to the lure of gang money and status. Guns are their weapon of choice and drive-by shootings are common, said Webb.
reserve that day. Webb confirmed the boy was a relative of the latest homicide victim, but there was no evidence yet linking the two killings. Friends and family on Facebook identified the woman as the child’s aunt — Chelsea Yellowbird. Although some people haven’t co-operated with police or spoken publicly about the violence, they have posted both angry and sympathetic messages on the social
A memorial by the house where family confirmed Chelsea Yellowbird was shot on Sunday.
networking site. “The violence has to stop,” Larry Portas, a friend of the Yellowbird family, wrote in a message. “Something’s got to be done before more young people die.” Band council officials did not return calls yesterday but have spoken previously about the disturbing violence in the community. They issued a public plea after Ethan was killed two months ago for residents to help the RCMP. THE CANADIAN PRESS