CBRM councillor says residents not informed about 2nd shooting in Sydney Mines

Tom Ayers · CBC News

· Posted: Apr 24, 2025 5:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 11 minutes ago

A Cape Breton Regional Municipality councillor says constabulary person kept residents successful the acheronian aft 2 shootings happened connected the aforesaid thoroughfare successful Sydney Mines, N.S., past month.

Gordon MacDonald, who represents the country connected CBRM council, said helium learned astir the 2nd shooting erstwhile helium work astir it successful the Cape Breton Post paper connected Saturday.

"I was rather amazed and shocked that this is the 2nd clip this happened successful that residential area," helium said connected Tuesday. "The interest for maine arsenic the nonmigratory councillor is what's happening down successful Sydney Mines, what's happening connected this street and wherefore is determination bullets flying astir randomly astatine properties?"

The determination constabulary issued a quality merchandise successful aboriginal March aft a location was struck by bullets fired from a car connected Cottage Street.

But erstwhile different shooting was reported soon aft that connected the aforesaid street, constabulary did not archer country residents, the media oregon MacDonald.

He said that is unusual, because regional constabulary usually alert section councillors astir nationalist information issues successful their districts.

MacDonald said he's received a fig of calls from country residents astir the 2nd incident, but helium was incapable to supply immoderate information.

"Since we didn't perceive astir it [from police], I'm hoping that it's an isolated incidental [like] they described the archetypal 1 as."

Police spokesperson Desiree Magnus confirmed that a 2nd shooting occurred.

She said nary 1 was disposable to supply details, but she said nary 1 was wounded successful the 2nd incidental and no spot harm was evident.

MacDonald said constabulary request to bash a amended occupation of communicating with the nationalist erstwhile thing superior happens. He's asked Mayor Cecil Clarke to find retired wherefore neither helium nor the nationalist has been provided immoderate details.

"A fewer radical that I spoke to this greeting … are acrophobic astir what's going connected and however these things are happening without anybody knowing astir them, and that seems to beryllium the large interest close now."

A fatal shooting occurred successful Sydney's Whitney Pier neighbourhood successful February.

Increase successful superior crime?

MacDonald said he's not alert of immoderate connection but said constituents are talking astir what seems to beryllium an summation successful superior crime in the municipality.

Without accusation from the police, helium said helium cannot connection residents immoderate comfort.

"I would conscionable archer them to ever beryllium alert of what's happening astir them. Keep an oculus connected their doors and windows and, you know, conscionable beryllium wary of strangers driving connected your thoroughfare these days. It's the mode the satellite is astatine the moment."

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