Man dead after brazen daytime shooting in northeast Calgary

One man is deadafter adaytime shooting in northeastCalgary Sunday afternoon.

According to police, at around 2:10 p.m. MT, officers responded to reports of a shootingin the 2600 block of Edmonton Trail N.E.

Serge Varin,who says he just moved into the neighbourhood yesterday, heard five gunshots and came out of his garage and saw a man on the ground.

EMS saidemergency crews transported a man in critical life-threatening condition to Foothills Hospital. Helater succumbed to his injuries.

Several police units flooded the area following the shooting. Witnesses gave police a description of the suspect a male in a black parka in a white cap who fled the scene on foot. A man fitting that description spotted several blocks away by the HAWC flight crew, who directed police on the ground.

Aman in his 20swas taken into custody in a fieldeast of the crime scene.

Duty Insp. Joel Matthews says police have more than 10 witnesses to the shooting and are "optimistic" they have the right person in custody.

The homicide unit is investigating. Matthews says there is nothing to indicate this was a random attack and is not thought to begang-related at this point.

Police are asking anyone with information to contact police orCrime Stoppers.