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10 people arrested after shooting in Airdrie

May 14, 2018 | 8:14 AM

AIRDRIE- The RCMP’s General Investigative Section has released more details on a shooting in Airdrie on Saturday night.

Mounties say that the intended victim in the shooting was targeted and there is no risk to the public.

All parties involved in the matter reside in Calgary and are not believed to be associated to any gangs. 

Seven of the 10 persons arrested are youths and all parties are known to each other.

The persons involved in the shooting had previously been at a house party in Airdrie.

At approximately 10:45 p.m. four shots were fired from point blank range at a parked black Lincoln SUV.

The Lincoln driver immediately took off with a white Mercedes SUV giving chase.

RCMP officers were able to locate both vehicles and a high risk vehicle arrest was executed on both vehicles resulting in the arrest of 10 people.

A loaded firearm was found in a ditch not far from where the vehicles were stopped.

The handgun, is believed to have been used in the shooting.

Jaskaran Singh Sidhu, 18, of Calgary has been charged with six firearms offences including: discharging a firearm with intent to wound, maim, or disfigure and careless use of a firearm.

Sidhu was released from custody and is scheduled to appear in Airdrie Provincial Court on June 14.