MARTIN: Lugela brothers saga reminder Calgary not immune to gun violence

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If Calgary’s Lugela brothers were competing to see who could attract the highest parole ineligibility for murdering an innocent stranger, it appears Samuel is the winner. Column by Kevin Martin: yyc yyccrime

The elder Lugela twice shot Abdurahaman Indiris after the victim sprayed an aerosol can into a group of men standing outside the club at closing time in the early morning hours of Sept. 12, 2020, just days shy of the fourth anniversary of his younger brother’s heinous crime.

“Both murders were committed by handgun, with two shots into an apparent total stranger, in the presence of a crowd and following some preparatory steps,” Jeffrey said.Article content That same article quotes statistics from the U.S. Gun Violence Archive, a database which tracks mass shootings, saying there have been 350 such incidents in the States this year, or nearly two every day.Article content

 

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