Calgary police need witnesses to come forward in Monterey Park homicide

CALGARY – Police are making an appeal for witnesses to come forward to help solve Sunday’s homicide.

There are still no arrests in the brazen daytime shooting that happened in the community of Monterey Park Sunday afternoon.

Hussein Merhi, 26, was found in the alley in the 100 block of Del Ray Road N.E. at about 2:20 p.m.

Merhi died at the scene.

Investigators believe Merhi was involved in an altercation with at least one other person before he was shot.

“There is no indication this homicide is linked to any others in the city,” police said in a news release Tuesday.

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Officers need help tracking down a dark-coloured SUV that was seen driving away from the scene of the crime.

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Anyone with information is asked to call the police non-emergency line at 403-266-1234 or the Homicide Unit Tip Line at 403-428-8877 or to contact Crime Stoppers.

With files from Melissa Ramsay, Global News