Police say a man was shot in what appears to be a very bad date.
Police are now looking for the woman who the 33-year-old man met in a parking lot near Barlow Tr. Tuesday afternoon.
The pair met there after first meeting online, police said.
When the man got into the female’s vehicle he was immediately confronted by a man in the back of the vehicle, who threatened him with a weapon and demanded cash. During the confrontation the victim was shot.
The man was shot in the torso and later listed in stable condition.
Investigators believe the shooter then left the vehicle and ran.
You're an idiot if you get into a car immediately with a random stranger. Blind dates should be done in a public setting, where nothing like that can go wrong. I remember a similar story in June when a guy went to a parking lot to sell Canucks playoff tickets, got in the car to make the deal with a random buyer he met online, and got robbed at gunpoint from someone in the back seat.
You're an idiot if you get into a car immediately with a random stranger. Blind dates should be done in a public setting, where nothing like that can go wrong. I remember a similar story in June when a guy went to a parking lot to sell Canucks playoff tickets, got in the car to make the deal with a random buyer he met online, and got robbed at gunpoint from someone in the back seat.
Hope he recovers.
Completely off topic but why would you ever steal tickets to a hockey game. Pretty easy catch for police.
Almost certainly they wanted to re-sell them online and make a buck.
The wallet is just gravy on the side.
Police would be able to track down the IP of the computer used to post the advertisement, and all subsequent Paypal or bank transactions. I doubt a thief who was really on the ball would do anything online unless he was logging on from internet cafes or coffee shops. It's more likely they'd sell it to a scalper.
So he's not dead? Phew. Gotta beat Edmonton in the murder competition this year....
We could have a crazed gunman open fire downtown, killing 30 people and wounding another 20, maiking it one of the worst massacres in Canadian history, and we'd still beat Edmonton.
I took it to mean he got robbed of his belongings, phones, wallet, etc. Also, all they would have to do is quickly turn around and sell them again.
I'd just download the electronic tickets and void the hardcopies. But I think in that case the guy who got robbed was wanting to buy the tickets, hence having a load of cash on him for said purchase.
Police would be able to track down the IP of the computer used to post the advertisement, and all subsequent Paypal or bank transactions. I doubt a thief who was really on the ball would do anything online unless he was logging on from internet cafes or coffee shops. It's more likely they'd sell it to a scalper.
You would assume thieves are smart? Or would that be what you would do?
We've seen society act incredibly idiotic when rioters in Vancouver let their faces get plastered all over social media. People don't think; they just do.
Most reasonable people wouldn't be stupid enough to pull that crime either.
You're an idiot if you get into a car immediately with a random stranger. Blind dates should be done in a public setting, where nothing like that can go wrong. I remember a similar story in June when a guy went to a parking lot to sell Canucks playoff tickets, got in the car to make the deal with a random buyer he met online, and got robbed at gunpoint from someone in the back seat.
Hope he recovers.
It's starting to sound like this is a cover story, probably made up by the victim.
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This makes no sense! On Tuesday's CTV news they said the car the police was looking at was registered to someone that was connected to organized crime, now this??? (not gang related) I think there is a lot more going on than a bad date.
Police would be able to track down the IP of the computer used to post the advertisement, and all subsequent Paypal or bank transactions. I doubt a thief who was really on the ball would do anything online unless he was logging on from internet cafes or coffee shops. It's more likely they'd sell it to a scalper.
You assume you can trace someone that easily with their IP. The real world is not CSI. If were posting an ad with the intention of robbing people, I'd post from the library or wifi hotspot in Starbucks, etc.
New meaning of "bad date" for Calgary man
