Man charged in fatal shooting in Eau Claire
Posted Jun 8, 2020 10:38 am.
CALGARY (660 NEWS) – Calgary police have arrested and charged a man following a fatal shooting in Eau Claire on Friday.
Police were called to Eau Claire Market in the city’s southwest that night for reports of shots being fired where they found a man dead in an underground parkade.
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On Saturday, a man was arrested in Calgary while a house in the Airdrie community of Hillcrest was searched as part of the investigation.
Homicide investigators believe this was a targeted attack with connections to drug trafficking.
Police have now charged 26-year-old Abdullahi Barakobe with second-degree murder and kidnapping using a firearm.
Investigators are still looking for other suspects in the case, along with a white Mercedes car seen at the time of the shooting.
Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to call Calgary police or Crime Stoppers.
