{"id":560726,"date":"2026-03-25T22:58:16","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T22:58:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/560726\/"},"modified":"2026-03-25T22:58:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T22:58:16","slug":"two-calgary-men-charged-after-parking-lot-shooting-in-ne-calgary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/560726\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Calgary men charged after parking lot shooting in NE Calgary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A shooting in the parking lot of a <a href=\"https:\/\/calgary.citynews.ca\/2026\/03\/04\/calgary-police-shots-genesis-centre\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">northeast Calgary community centre<\/a> earlier this month has led to charges against two men.<\/p>\n<p>Calgary police (CPS) say a group was gathered outside the recreation facility near Falconridge Blvd NE and Saddletowne Circle NE on March 3 when they were approached by two men. <\/p>\n<p>One of the men allegedly drew a handgun and fired twice at the group, according to police. <\/p>\n<p>One person was struck and later taken to hospital in stable condition. They have since recovered.<\/p>\n<p>The suspects fled before officers arrived. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis was a reckless shooting, in a public space with many bystanders,\u201d said CPS Staff Sgt. Ray Kelly in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Security cameras at the Genesis Centre captured the incident, and investigators executed a search warrant on Wednesday at a home in the community of Temple, where two men were arrested.<\/p>\n<p>Police say the accused and the victim knew each other and believe the shooting was connected to a prior conflict. Investigators do not consider the incident related to the recent <a href=\"https:\/\/calgary.citynews.ca\/2026\/02\/23\/calgary-shooting-video-gunshots-into-home\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">series of extortion\u2011linked shootings<\/a> in the city.<\/p>\n<p>Sohrab Rob Rashed, 34, of Calgary, is charged with:<\/p>\n<p>Discharging a firearm with intent<\/p>\n<p>Aggravated assault<\/p>\n<p>Careless use of a firearm<\/p>\n<p>Pointing a firearm<\/p>\n<p>Possession of a weapon dangerous to the public<\/p>\n<p>Unauthorized possession of a restricted firearm<\/p>\n<p>Possession of a firearm in a motor vehicle<\/p>\n<p>Possession of a loaded, restricted firearm<\/p>\n<p>Possession of a firearm contrary to a prohibition order<\/p>\n<p>Romal Sidiqi, 33, of Calgary, is charged with:<\/p>\n<p>Discharging a firearm with intent<\/p>\n<p>Aggravated assault<\/p>\n<p>Possession of a firearm in a motor vehicle<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information is asked to contact Calgary police at 403\u2011266\u20111234 or submit anonymous tips to Crime Stoppers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A shooting in the parking lot of a northeast Calgary community centre earlier this month has led to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":962,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194293],"tags":[49,2798,48],"class_list":{"0":"post-560726","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-calgary","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-calgary","10":"tag-canada"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/560726","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=560726"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/560726\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/962"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=560726"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=560726"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=560726"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}