N.S. mayors address crime concerns after Amherst fatal shooting - BERITAJA

The politician of Amherst, N.S., is looking to reassure the nationalist aft a fatal shooting this week.

The shooting connected Prince Arthur Street connected Monday evening claimed the life of a 41-year-old man. The suspects fled the segment and person not been arrested yet.

Amherst Mayor Rob Small says group successful the municipality are still processing the event.

“To perceive about this is really a daze for about of us,” he said.

He says the town’s constabulary unit is committed to ensuring that group consciousness safe and adds that resources beyond section constabulary are being tapped to find those responsible.

“In fact, coming I’m told that we person not conscionable our constabulary force, but different forces and partners successful policing that are helping america to benignant done each the specifications of this incident,” he said.

An obituary identifies the unfortunate arsenic Christopher Leggett, who leaves down a son.

Police opportunity the shooting was a “targeted” incident and location is nary consequence to the public.

“It is usually a quiet community, everybody knows everybody, and I deliberation it’s important to attraction connected — we do person a batch of bully group successful this community,” said Amherst Police Force Chief Dwayne Pike connected Tuesday.

“We person a very supportive organization and sometimes we person to thin connected that to get america done these reliable times erstwhile thing arsenic tragic arsenic this happens.”

Pike adds crime rates typically inclination upwards successful the outpouring but he hasn’t seen thing different truthful acold this year.

However, respective Amherst business owners told BERITAJA they’re emotion unsafe, including Donna Gogan, the proprietor of a edifice adjacent doorway to the crime scene.

“I wish I could opportunity I’m shocked, I’m not shocked. I expected thing for illustration this to hap complete the past twelvemonth aliases so,” said Gogan.

David Mitchell, the politician of Bridgewater, N.S. and president of the Nova Scotia Federation of Municipalities, says mayors crossed the state person voiced concerns about crime.

“Stats Canada says that crime is down crossed Canada, and past I americium proceeding group emotion for illustration crime is connected the increase. And I deliberation the quality present is that crime is much personal. What we’re seeing is much thefts, much spot thefts and things for illustration that,” he said.

“We can’t conscionable disregard it as, ‘Well, crime is down statistically,’ because it doesn’t consciousness that.”