Calgary Police Service is seeking information regarding a vehicle believed to have been used in the Crescent Heights shooting.
At about 8:30 p.m. on Friday, police said the victim and a friend left the Jerusalem Shawarma location at 1608 – 2 Street N.W. and headed to their parked vehicle in the alley behind the restaurant.
While they were sitting in a black SUV, police said “unknown offenders” fired multiple shots into the parked vehicle. The suspect(s) fled the area in a vehicle and headed east towards Edmonton Trail N.E.
Majed Ahmed Zulfiqar, 26, suffered multiple gunshot wounds and was declared dead a short time later, according to police.
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Investigators believe that the offender(s) were travelling in a white 2011 GMC Sierra truck that had been stolen from a residence in Priddis, Alta., sometime between 9:30 p.m. on March 30 and 4 a.m. on March 31. It was then abandoned sometime following the shooting on Friday but has since been recovered.
“We are asking anyone who may have seen a vehicle matching the description of a white 2011 GMC Sierra truck that appeared to be engaged in suspicious activity between March 30 and April 1, to contact police or Crime Stoppers,” Staff Sgt. Martin Schiavetta said.
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The investigation is ongoing.
Anyone with dashcam footage from either eastbound or westbound 16 Avenue N. between 10 Street N.W. and Deerfoot Trail N.E., between 8 p.m. and 9 p.m. on Friday is asked to contact the police non-emergency line at 403-266-1234.
Those with information about this homicide are also encouraged to contact the police non-emergency line. Tips can also be left anonymously through Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.
This is Calgary’s ninth homicide of 2022, CPS said.
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