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http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgar...days-1.2888923

CBC News Posted: Jan 03, 2015 9:30 AM MT Last Updated: Jan 03, 2015 5:09 PM MT

Calgary's Somali community is mourning after two young men were slain in separate shootings in recent days.

On Friday, a man was found dead in an alley in the northwest community of Rosedale. CBC News has confirmed the victim was Murad Omar, 23. He had been living with his family in Canada for 11 years and had just returned to Calgary from a trip to Africa.

Abdullahi Ahmed, 26, was killed on Thursday in a shooting at a southwest Calgary house party that left six others injured.

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Murad Omar - Rosedale victim
Murad Omar, 23, was found dead in an alley In the Calgary community of Rosedale on Jan. 2. (Facebook)

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Imam Abdi Hersy, a leader in Calgary's Somali community, said he is heartbroken by the recent deaths.

Hersy said he's lost count of how many young people from the Somali community have been killed in Alberta in recent years, but he estimates the number to be around 50.

"It's about time. We need to do something," he said. "The community needs help and community is part of Calgary and Alberta. They have to be treated as part of the community."

"How long we can wait until another young victim falls short and his life to be cut short? How long?"

According to Hersy, Omar's mother tried to stop her son from going out the night he was killed because she was worried about the shooting at New Year's Eve party the night before. As he left the house at 1 a.m. MT, Omar insisted he wouldn't go far.

Exactly what happened is something Hersi said the Somali community is also at a loss to answer. He said there is only speculation at this point, but some Calgary Somali's feel it was a targeted incident.

"Some bad guys came at the end of the party and they came there with that intent, as far as we consider," Hersi said.

"But we don't know exactly what happened."

Hersi said the local Somali community is saddened and shocked by the death of another of their own.

He confirmed the man killed less than 24 hours later in a Rosedale shooting is also a member of the Somali community.

He said there's "a disconnect" between the Somali community and Canadian society, and pleaded for the co-operation of other community leaders in coming up with a plan moving forward.

Ayliffe wouldn't say if the slain man was known to police, but court records show Ahmed had a rap sheet for drug possession and assault.

Update again:
Corrections

A previous version of this story stated one person had died. In fact, seven people were injured in the shooting.
Jan 01, 2015 1:53 PM MT

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgar...arty-1.2887989

Update: 1 dead

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgar...arty-1.2887989

One person has died and up to six other people have been injured after a shooting at a New Year's Eve party in the Calgary neighbourhood of Killarney, a source close to the investigation tells CBC.

Police say multiple people with injuries are in various hospitals. One person was listed in critical condition.

http://calgaryherald.com/news/crime/...ouse-party-cps

Calgary police are on scene at an apparent shooting in southwest Calgary that took place early New Year’s Day.

As many as seven people were shot, including two people left in life-threatening condition, following a shooting at a house party, said Det. Steve Adair.

Police are still looking for the shooter and say it’s unclear at this time whether more than one offender was involved.

At around 5:05 am, CPS received multiple 911 calls about a possible shooting in the 1900 block of 36 St. SW, said Adair.

“Upon arrival, CPS members located five victims with gunshot wounds, both inside the residence and outside. They were subsequently transported to hospital, two of them in life-threatening condition.”

Two additional people also showed up at the hospital on their own, suffering from gunshot wounds “possibly sustained at the same incident,” said Adair.

All of the victims are approximately in their 20s, he said.

He said there were about 50 people in the home at the time, apparently at a New Year’s Eve party.