Shooting incidents in the news.

[Wendell]

Hamilton paramedics face criminal charges in Good Samaritan case
The criminal charges against two paramedics — who have not been named — come eight months after the 19-year-old Al-Hasnawi was fatally shot on a Sanford Avenue North sidewalk Dec. 2, 2017 after trying to stop an older man from being harassed. Witnesses, including Al-Hasnawi’s family members, alleged paramedics did not believe he had been shot, including laughing and telling him to get up. Witnesses said the bullet wound was small and some initially speculated it was a BB gun, not a handgun. Hamilton police previously said records showed it took 38 minutes from the time paramedics arrived on scene to when he arrived at St. Joseph’s hospital. The hospital said in its statement of defence that Al-Hasnawi was already without vital signs when he arrived in hospital, and that despite efforts to resuscitate him, the Al-Hasnawi was pronounced dead 19 minutes later.
https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/201...nawi-case.html

A two-day sentencing hearing began Monday for two paramedics found guilty for their part in the 2017 death of 19-year-old Yosif Al-Hasnawi of Hamilton. Steven Snively, 55, and Christopher Marchant, 32, were found guilty in June by an Ontario Superior Court judge of failing to provide the necessaries of life to Al-Hasnawi. In the case involving Snively and Marchant, Justice Harrison Arrell ruled there was a "marked departure" from how a properly trained paramedic would have responded. The paramedics spent 23 minutes on scene that night; 17 of those minutes were in the back of the ambulance. Arrell said the wait was "unjustified" and it was foreseeable the paramedics were risking Al-Hasnawi's life.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamil...cing-1.6223341

[rdtompki]

Security guard and patron (or clerk) killed in shooting, three injured include one LEO (with minor injuries it appears). The "suspect" was captured and is in serious condition. We really needed this in the TV (Treasure Valley). I don't believe many folks carry even though this is a permitless carry state. In fact in the three years I've lived in Idaho I've seen one person carrying. Sure, concealed is concealed, but in a gun friendly state I would expect to have observed some occurrence. Was in a gun store today and I spoke with one of the employees about the shooting for a few minutes; he was going to revisit his current "why bother" approach to EDC. The right gun/holster combination and you shouldn't give EDC a second thought.

[HCM]

https://news4sanantonio.com/news/loc...ped-discharged

Two people injured at North Star Mall when gun accidentally dropped discharged
Sunday, October 24th 2021

SAN ANTONIO - Two people were injured Saturday when a gun that was accidentally dropped discharged inside North Star Mall.

Police were dispatched to the mall for reports of a shooting. When officers arrived, they discovered that a gun was dropped and it discharged when it hit the floor, sending fragments that injured two people.

Police said the injuries were minor and nobody was taken to the hospital. They were treated at the scene by EMS.

Police said the suspect fled from the mall after the incident.

[JM Campbell]

https://news4sanantonio.com/news/loc...ped-discharged

Two people injured at North Star Mall when gun accidentally dropped discharged
Sunday, October 24th 2021

Hood Rat central cattle corridors for walk ways…bad to get stuck in.


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[HCM]

https://www.ksat.com/news/local/2021...ru-police-say/

Man accidentally shot in car by woman while waiting in Whataburger drive thru, police say
Incident occurred around 3 a.m. in 17300 block of Autry Pond Road

SAN ANTONIO – A man was accidentally shot by a woman while waiting in a car in a Whatburger drive-thru line on the city’s far North Side early Monday morning, San Antonio police said.
Officers were called around 3 a.m. to a Whataburger location in the 17300 block of Autry Pond Road, not far from Bulverde Road after receiving word of a shooting.
According to police, a man and a woman were waiting inside a car in the drive thru line and the man was showing the woman his handgun. That’s when, police say, the woman accidentally shot the man in the arm.
The wounded man was taken by EMS to Brooke Army Medical Center, where he is listed in stable condition.
SAPD said they are now talking to the woman about the incident. Police did not mention any potential charges.

[blues]

On the plus side, they won't have to change the franchise name to Whatamurder.

[Wendell]

Norfolk OPP reported the incident occurred on Port Ryerse Road between St. John’s Road East and Highway 6. Toronto Police reported officers were executing a firearms search warrant when an officer discharged their firearm at about noon on Wednesday. The person who was struck was transported to hospital, police said in a social media post. The Special Investigations Unit is investigating the incident. The shots were fired near a residence, the SIU said in a media release. Three SIU and two forensic investigators have been assigned to the case.
https://www.simcoereformer.ca/news/l...toronto-police

Word around the campfire is that the deceased 70 year-old man was gunsmith Rodger Kotanko, proprietor of RK Custom Gunsmithing.

[peterb]

Word around the campfire is that the deceased 70 year-old man was gunsmith Rodger Kotanko, proprietor of RK Custom Gunsmithing.

Confirmed.

https://www.simcoereformer.ca/news/l...neighbour-says

PORT RYERSE – Witnesses, neighbours and friends have identified a Norfolk man killed in an interaction with Toronto police this week as gunsmith Rodger Kotanko, 70.

[Tabasco]

Here's one a friend in San Francisco sent me:

[HCM]

Here's one a friend in San Francisco sent me:

Already posted on this thread - see post #6426