Gunman shows up at home of Air Canada executive

[CHIMO]

Source: CBC News

Ottawa police are investigating after a man showed up at an Air Canada executive's home holding a handgun Wednesday night.

A private security guard confronted the man around 9:50 p.m. outside the home of Air Canada vice-president Duncan Dee, CBC News has learned.

The man threatened the guard and then fled. No one was hurt. Ottawa police are still searching for the gunman but do not know his identity.

Ottawa Police spokesman Const. Henri Lanctot confirmed they received a call from a home on Annapolis Circle about a suspicious man who appeared to be in possession of a gun. But Lanctot would not confirm the identity of the homeowner and would say only that police have yet to find the suspect.



Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/story/2011/10/13/ottawa-air-canada-spoksperson-home.html

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Oct 13, 2011 5:53 PM ET Read 463 comments

[Maine_Nurse]

1. I see their very restrictive firearms legislation works well.

Huh, must be something about criminals breaking the law that makes them, well, not mind breaking the law.

[CHIMO]

3. André "Dédé" Desjardins

André Desjardins was born in 1931 and grew up in and around south-central Montreal. Over the years, he would become one of the city's most successful loansharks and, because of his involvement in Quebec unions, earned the label of the "King of Construction." He also developed close ties with some of Montreal's toughest thugs, including members of the Montreal Mafia and the Hells Angels.

He began his construction career when he was only 14 years old, working as an apprentice plumber, but that didn't stop him from using other methods to make money. He was first arrested in 1949 and would be convicted of robbery on three other occasions.

From the Café Évangéline, Desjardins built up a considerable client for his loansharking business. He became so successful that he began supplying money to other criminals so that they could begin lending out money on their own. Among his friends were Eugene Lafort, Gérald Fontaine, father of Hells Angel Paul "Fon Fon" Fontaine, and members of the Devils Disciples motorcycle gang.

After joining Local 144 of the United Association of Plumbers and Pipefitters in 1957, Desjardins quickly rose through the syndicate's ranks. In 1974, while he served as the union's president, he was accused of inciting violence when $30 million worth of damage was carried out during a fight between members of the Quebec Federation of Labourers and the Confederation of National Trade Unions at the construction site of the LG2 James Bay hydro-electic project.


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You may go and create your world wherever you may. At least you should know something about which you talk!
http://local144.ca/historique.php

http://www.oocities.org/wiseguywally/AndreDesjardins.html

[lbrtbell]

4. +1

Honest gun owners don't misuse guns, criminals do.

[SoapBox]

2. And it will be blames on???? OWS? Unions? Gays?

...don't suppose it could just be a crazy, straight guy with a gun?

naw.

[provis99]

5. Canadians own millions of handguns.

I would hardly call that restrictive.