Bouncer injured in ByWard Market shooting

UPDATE | The charge of attempted murder was later downgraded to aggravated assault. In May 2024, a judge found Andre Green guilty of all the charges against him. On Jan. 3, 2025, he was sentenced to 13 years imprisonment, among other orders. With enhanced credit for time already served, he has about eight years left to serve.

A man from Toronto's Scarborough area is in police custody after he allegedly shot a bouncer after being refused entry to a ByWard Market bar.

The shooting took place in front of the Room 104 bar and The Show nightclub, near Clarence and Dalhousie streets, shortly before 1 a.m. Monday.

Ottawa police said in a media release that Andre Green "shot at bar security after being denied entry into a bar, striking a security guard twice in the leg."

Police ran after Green, who allegedly fired at one of the officers as he fled, police said.

Green was arrested and the gun was seized by police. He has been charged with attempted murder, pointing a firearm and several other firearm offences, police said.

The victim was taken to the trauma centre in serious but stable condition with non-life-threatening injuries, the Ottawa Paramedic Service said.

A man visiting Ottawa told Radio-Canada that he was awoken by screaming. Several people were in the area when the man was shot.

More than 55 shootings have occurred in OPS's coverage area since the start of 2021.