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‘Organized crime member’ charged with murder in 2016 targeted shootings in Edmonton, Calgary

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WATCH: Calgary police have charged a man they identified as an 'organized crime member' with three counts of murder in two 2016 incidents in Calgary and Edmonton. Blake Lough reports – Apr 20, 2018

A man police have identified as a member of organized crime in Calgary has been charged with murder in the 2016 shooting deaths of three people, officials said Friday.

Cuc Lung and Quang Tran had just returned to their home on Redstone Manor N.E. at about 8 p.m. on Sept. 20, 2016 when they were shot in their vehicle.

Lung’s five-year-old son was in the car with them at the time, but he wasn’t injured.

Watch from Sept. 2016: Calgary homicide detectives believe gangs are behind the murder of a mother and her common-law husband. Global’s Jill Croteau reports.

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Mother and husband shot dead in car with child in the backseat

Tran, 38, died at the scene and Lung, 34, later died in hospital from multiple gunshot wounds.

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On Oct. 7, 2016, Edmonton police found Phu Phan dead in the driveway of his Rapperswill home when officers were called to reports of a shooting in the area of 171 Avenue and 126 Street. Police said he died from multiple gunshot wounds.

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Police believe the two shootings were targeted, and investigators with the Calgary Police Service, Edmonton Police Service and the RCMP have been collaborating on the investigation.

“When there’s innocent people in communities, children who these individuals are putting in jeopardy, it’s a huge concern — not only for the citizens of Calgary but also the Calgary Police Service,” Staff Sgt. Kurt Jacobs said Friday.

“That is why the Calgary Police Service is committed and puts priority on these types of things, because we do not want these types of violent activities taking place.”

Jimmy Truong, 26, of Calgary was arrested Thursday and has been charged with three counts of first-degree murder.

“This was not orchestrated by one person — it is a number of individuals,” Jacond said. “These attacks were planned out, well thought out and they were done in concert together with others for a criminal purpose.”

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Police said the two men police werehoping to identify and locate in September 2017, in addition to Truong, are still of interest to the investigation. Jacobs said the other two men have been identified, but wouldn’t confirm whether officers have talked to them.

Jacobs said there is likely a drug component to the organized crime.

Watch from Oct. 2016: Police investigating after a man was killed in a daytime shooting in the Edmonton community of Rapperswill.

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