A man stopped at the side of the road in his car after a bar fight and opened fire on three vehicles that drove by, leading to the shooting death of a young woman near Gimli, Man. Saturday night.
“My girlfriend was screaming. My girlfriend was in the car crying, ‘Get me home, I have two kids.’ Everyone in my truck had kids,” said Shawn Stefishen, who was in one of the vehicles being shot at.
The whole ordeal began when a fight broke out at Fraserwood Tourist Hotel in the RM of Armstrong Saturday night. A man left, got his vehicle and parked it two miles south of the town.
As cars belonging to bar patrons drove by, the man opened fire with a rifle, RCMP said.
“It sounded like the gun was in my truck, so I knew he hit my truck,” said Stefishen.
“I drove past and he opened fire on me and then everyone came home and we locked ourselves in the house.”
However, Hailey Dugay wasn’t so lucky.
The 20-year-old woman, who was in a different vehicle along with her boyfriend, was shot. She was rushed to the hospital, but succumbed to her injuries on Sunday, said RCMP.
She was raced to the hospital, but died in the morning, said Sgt. Paul Manaigre.
Stefishen described Dugay as outgoing, smiling and caring.
“She works at a daycare elementary school kind of deal. I never see her get fired up about anything,” he said.
“When she walked in my house, my kids would run up to her and give her a hug.”
Police have arrested a 23-year-old man. RCMP said the suspect fled the scene and Winnipeg police’s K9 unit, along with Air1, chased him down.
Jesse Paluk, 23, faces seven counts of attempted murder, second degree murder, three counts of discharging a firearm with intent to wound, three counts of reckless discharge of a firearm and assault with a weapon.
He will appear in a Winnipeg court on Tuesday.
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