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Calgary police investigating deadly Beltline shooting, victim identified

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Victim of fatal Calgary shooting identified as 40-year-old man
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One person is dead following a Thursday night drive-by shooting near 10th Avenue and Sixth Street Southwest in Calgary’s Beltline.

Calgary Police Service officials said officers were initially called shortly after 9 p.m. for reports of shots fired and discovered a body near the intersection when they arrived on scene.

The deceased has been identified as a 40-year-old man Thane Cameron Clayton, who police said was not from Calgary.

The CPS is asking anyone who may have had recent contact with Clayton to contact police.

Police say he has ties to Vancouver, Edmonton and Halifax.

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The intersection was closed for several hours while police investigated but was reopened to traffic ahead of Friday morning’s commute.

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According to police, surveillance footage gathered from the shooting scene showed the victim walking west on 10th Avenue toward Sixth Street Southwest when a dark-coloured SUV pulled up next to him. Someone in the vehicle fired multiple shots at the man before driving off. The suspect vehicle was last seen travelling south on Sixth Street and making a righthand turn into 13th Avenue.

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“This volatile incident showed a blatant disregard for human life and jeopardized the safety of bystanders,” said Det. Lee Treit of the CPS homicide unit in a statement issued Friday. “Video footage and witnesses are vital for us to hold the offenders in this brazen attack accountable, and we are asking for anyone with information to come forward.”

The CPS homicide unit is leading the investigation and, as of Friday, no suspects had been arrested in connection to the fatal shooting.

Police also said they don’t currently have information to suggest whether it was a targeted shooting.

Anyone who witnessed the shooting, or who may have dashcam or security footage of the incident, is asked to contact the CPS non-emergency line at 403-266-1234 or anonymous tips may be submitted to Crime Stoppers.

–with files from Adam Toy, Global News

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