Two men charged in Heron Gate area shooting
Posted Aug 7, 2018 04:53:00 PM.
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The Ottawa Police Service is identifying two men facing charges in a shooting investigation.
Officers were called to the south end around 10 a.m. on Saturday after reports of men firing shots into a home on Heatherington Road.
The suspect had taken off in a vehicle before police arrived.
Officers found shell casings and numerous bullet holes in the windows and walls of home unit, but no one was injured.
Around 1 a.m. Sunday, police located a vehicle believed to have been involved in the shooting and investigators found a loaded 9mm handgun inside.
Two men were arrested.
Farah Qualib, 30, of Ottawa has been charged with:
– Use/handle/store firearm carelessly
– Possess weapon dangerous to public peace
– Possess restricted or prohibited firearm without holding a licence and registration certificate
– Unlicensed person possess prohibited /restricted weapon
– Possess restricted or prohibited firearm not holding a licence and registration certificate
– Occupy motor vehicle with firearm
– Possess loaded regulated firearm
– Discharge firearm
– Possess firearm while prohibited
Mohamed Mohamed, 30, of Ottawa has been charged with:
– Use/handle/store firearm carelessly
– Possess weapon dangerous to public peace
– Possess restricted or prohibited firearm without holding a licence and registration certificate
– Unlicensed person possess prohibited/restricted weapon
– Possess restricted or prohibited firearm not holding a licence and registration certificate
– Occupy motor vehicle with firearm
– Possess loaded regulated firearm
Both men appeared in court on Monday.
