19-year-old killed in 2nd Carlington shooting this week
Zachary Tiglik was fatally shot Thursday night on Caldwell Avenue
Ottawa police are investigating after a 19-year-old man was shot and killed in the Carlington neighbourhood Thursday night.
Police said in a news release that the shooting occurred on the 1500 block of Caldwell Avenue at 9:26 p.m.
Ottawa paramedics confirmed one man sustained critical, life-threatening injuries from a gunshot wound.
The man was taken to hospital but died from his injuries, police said. They identified him as Zachary Tiglik of Ottawa.
The police had not announced any arrests as of 2:45 p.m. Friday and have provided no description of any suspect. The homicide unit is investigating the case.
Tiglik's death marks the second fatal shooting in Carlington this week. On Wednesday, a 47-year-old man was shot and killed on nearby Raven Avenue.
The homicide unit does not believe there is a link between the two cases, according to the release.
Roger Derochie, who lives near the Caldwell Avenue shooting, said he heard a loud sound before police and paramedics arrived.
"At one point we thought it was a firework, and then next minute ... all the emergency crews and ambulances were showing up at the scene," he said. "And that's when we found out that someone was shot."
'Bad apples'
Another neighbour, Steven Crawford, also thought he was hearing fireworks on Thursday night, before he went on his balcony and soon saw police vehicles arrive.
While it was "scary" to hear about the recent cases of gun violence, Crawford noted that shootings have been rare in the neighbourhood until this week.
"It's not a common thing," he said. "The problem is the bad apples are coming to the community and bringing the gun violence with them. This neighbourhood, it's child-oriented, so it's very irritating that the bad apples choose our community to come and do this.
"We are already stigmatised because we're a low-income neighbourhood, that this is where the drug activity is and this is where the gun violence is," Crawford added. "And in reality, it's not."
'One shooting is too many'
River Coun. Riley Brockington said Ottawa police Chief Eric Stubbs has told him a community police officer and a neighbourhood response team are in the area to speak with residents.
Brockington echoed police assurances that the latest shooting was not a "retribution-style" response to the events Wednesday morning.
"Members of the community should not expect to see additional shootings as a result of what happened both Wednesday and Thursday," he said.
The victim of Thursday night's shooting didn't live in the area, he added.
Regardless, Brockington said he's concerned by any violence in Carlington, a dense neighbourhood that's home to many young families.
"One shooting is too many," he said. "When people are wildly shooting five or six times in both cases, I am of course concerned as well for stray bullets."
Police are looking to speak with anyone who was in the area at the time of the shooting. They are asking people with information to contact the homicide unit at 613-236-1222 ext. 5493 or to send anonymous tips to Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.