| Date | Name | City | Province | Licensed | Victims | Deaths | Injuries | Suicide | Firearms | OIC Impact |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Unknown | Edmonton | AB | 2 | 2 | 0 | No | Yes |
Firearms
Father was gang member
Classification: reported
Incident Summary:
On November 9, 2023, a father and son, Harpreet Uppal (41) and Gavin Uppal (11), were fatally shot in a targeted attack at a shopping complex in southeast Edmonton. The victims were found in medical distress at a gas station and a nearby restaurant. The Edmonton Police Service (EPS) is investigating the incident as a homicide.
Well-Supported Details:
Unverified or Conflicting Claims:
Source Quality Notes:
A man and his 11-year-old son were fatally shot in a "serious, targeted incident" at a shopping complex in southeast Edmonton. The victims, a 41-year-old man and his 11-year-old son, were found in medical distress at the Petro-Canada gas station and A&W in the Harvest Pointe shopping complex. They died of their injuries on the scene. The Edmonton Police Service (EPS) is investigating the incident as a homicide and has determined it was a targeted attack.
Harpreet Singh Uppal, a 41-year-old known high-level gang member, and his 11-year-old son Gavin Uppal were both deliberately gunned down in a southeast Edmonton gas station parking lot on November 9, 2023. Autopsy results confirmed the cause of death was gunshot wounds and the manner of death was a homicide. No arrests have been made.
A father and son, 41-year-old Harpreet Uppal and 11-year-old Gavin, were fatally shot in Edmonton on November 9, 2023. A psychotherapist, Blessing Igiogbe, warns that the incident could have a ripple effect of trauma on children and the community. Igiogbe suggests that parents should talk to their teens and pre-teens about the event and offer support to help them process their emotions. The Edmonton Public Schools system is providing support to students and staff at Gavin's school.
The webpage at the provided URL is not found. The Edmonton Police Service website indicates that the resource could have been removed, had its name changed, or is temporarily unavailable.
A memorial has grown in a south Edmonton parking lot for an 11-year-old boy and his father who were fatally shot in a targeted gang hit on November 9, 2023. The boy's father, Harpreet Uppal, 41, was the intended target, but the gunman also shot at the boy. Another 11-year-old boy not related to the family was able to flee the vehicle. Police released images and video of suspects in the shooting on November 12, 2023.
A 41-year-old man, identified as Harpreet Uppal, was killed in a targeted shooting in Edmonton on November 9, 2023. Uppal was "very well known" to investigators and was "high up in the gang drug world." The shooting also killed Uppal's 11-year-old son. Police have confirmed that the 11-year-old was not caught in the crossfire or killed by mistake. Uppal was previously targeted in a shooting in October 2021 at a Royal Pizza restaurant.
A 13-year-old boy from Lethbridge was given a three-year sentence, the maximum allowed under the Youth Criminal Justice Act. The sentence was for attempting to kill his seven-year-old brother by stabbing him. The incident occurred in a different case from the one mentioned in the source provided.