Man seriously hurt in weekend shooting was targeted: police

Calgary police say a shooting on Sunday morning in a northwest residential area was a targeted attack but is not related to gangs or drugs.

Police were called to the 100 block of ScenicAcres RoadN.W. at about 8:30 a.m. Sunday for reports of shots fired.

A dark-coloured SUV or van drove up beside a man and shot him as he was leaving his vehicle, Calgary investigators said on Monday.

The46-year-old man was taken to hospital with serious wounds to his arm and abdomen.

A resident in the area who doesn't want his name publicized told CBC News the victim had parked across the street when he was shot.

Both men's daughters go to the same gymnastics class and the victim was there as part of a carpool.

"In several seconds, my wife saw him running towards our house holding his backside with his left arm, crying for help," said the witness.

"He was already pale and it was already a really big pile of blood on [the] stairs, so I was trying to help him with stopping the blood."

Shooting not gang or drug-related

The man's friend said the wounded victim told him he didn't know his attackers or why someone would shoot him.

He heard the man tell police that he had been followed by another vehicle for several blocks.

"A motive for this crime has not been determined; however, at this point in the investigation its believed the shooting was targeted and was not random," said Det. Fred Kwan on Monday. "The fact that the victim is not known to Calgary police would lead us tobelieve that it's not gang or drug-related."

No arrests have been made.

"It happens everywhere. There is no area that it doesn't," said Katherine Dyck who lives in the Scenic Acres neighbourhood. "It happens in Arbour Lake and McKnight Boulevard; it has nothing to do with the neighbourhood."