Recent uptick in shootings has a Calgary community association worried

Kendra Fowler speaks to a mother who is afraid of her daughter crossing the field to go to the Genesis Centre in the chance of her running into a gang member. The Progressive Cultural Association says they are worried about their children with the rise of drugs and gangs in the community. A string of recent shootings in the area has left four people dead, all the victims are members of the south Asian community. Police believe the homicides maybe connected and could be linked to organized crime.

CALGARY (660 NEWS) – A rise in shootings around the city is cause for concern for most, but one community association in the Northeast is speaking out.

The Progressive Cultural Association worries most about what this could mean for their children.

Kamal Preet Pandher, an executive committee member, feels they’ve been left in the dark.

“We feel that police need to communicate with the community, as you would see in the last four shootings, nobody knows what happened,” said Pandher “Was there anybody caught?”

The most recent of the shootings happening Tuesday afternoon in Coral Springs.

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