A Calgary teacher was shot and injured at her home in a targeted attack. The incident occurred when a colleague came to pick up a box of produce during the lunch hour. The teacher was hit in the leg by a bullet that went through her front door. Two nearby schools were locked down as a precaution, but police confirmed that the shooting was targeted and there was no danger to the schools or students.
Due to the sensitive and/or legal subject matter of some of the content on globalnews.ca, we reserve the ability to disable comments from time to time.A Calgary teacher was the innocent victim of a “targeted shooting” in northeast Calgary on Friday.
A colleague who teaches at the school came by Friday during the lunch hour to pick up a box of produce. That’s when she said bullets started flying. “I heard two or three gunshots down the street and then my teacher friend who was here picking up his GoodFood box turned around … Then I heard a young gentleman screaming for someone to call 911,'” Montens recalled.Due to the proximity of two schools in the area, the Calgary Board of Education locked them down as the situation unfolded. Police said they did not believe the school or any students were in danger because the shooting was targeted.
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