Regina police ask for more video to find shooter who seriously injured 11-year-old

Regina Police Service (RPS) are asking for help to find the person who shot and seriously injured an 11-year-old girl inside a home in the Eastview neighbourhood on Aug. 11.

RPS said in a news release on Aug. 15 that officers are looking at hours of surveillance video from the area around the home in the 1000 block of Edgar Street but want more help.

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Police say that more surveillance video from a broader area is needed and are asking people who have any footage from Aug. 10 or Aug. 11 to send it in and supplied a map of the area of interest.

Regina police investigating the shooting of an 11-year-old girl are interested in seeing any video footage from Aug. 10 and Aug. 11 in the area shown on this map. (Regina Police Service/submitted)

Dani Halvorson told 980 CJME’s Gillian Massie on Aug. 11 that she woke up to screaming sirens around 2 a.m. while her partner heard up to 17 gunshots.

She said the pair ran outside and watched paramedics take the girl from a nearby house.

She said crime has been on the rise in the neighbourhood, but it’s never been something like this.

“You hear cop cars … but yeah, a shooting is obviously something fairly new in this area,” Halvorson said.

“To hear multiple gunshots and it’s a young girl, that’s an innocent person in all of this. It’s scary for sure.”

Zarshaid Akbar was originally supposed to drive the girl and his own kids to summer classes being held at a mosque in the city.

Those plans came to a halt when the girl’s father told Akbar she had been shot.

“I’m feeling very sad to hear about this,” he said. “Being a parent, it is not easy to (hear) this.”

Akbar and his wife said they won’t let their kids play in the green space near the house any longer because of this.

Anyone who has information is asked to contact the Regina Police Service at 306-777-6500 or Regina Crime Stoppers at reginacrimestoppers.ca or 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).

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