2023-09-03 21:48:21
I heard rapid gunshots, screams, and then there was a pause before at least 15 or 16 more shots were fired,” Nico, 28, told AFP. not disclose his last name.
Two men, ages 26 and 29, living in Toronto, were killed, Ottawa police said. Americans are also among the six injured, she said, adding that their lives are not in danger.
The shooting occurred at 10:21 p.m. (local time) in the parking lot of a convention center in the south of the city, where two separate wedding receptions were being held simultaneously.
“It was chaos. People fled running in all directions,” continued the witness, adding that the police had been deployed quickly and in large numbers to the scene.
Several Canadian cities have seen a marked increase in armed violence in recent years with “increasingly frequent” shootings, according to the Canadian government.
Since 2009, the country has seen an 81% increase in violent gun crime.
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