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City police have arrested a second suspect in a wild CTrain station fight that involved the use of a flare gun, but are still searching for two other participants.
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On November 17 at around 2.15pm, several men started fighting on the second floor of the Marlborough CTrain station, an altercation that escalated with the use of a pipe in violence caught on CCTV.
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Several minutes later, one of the fighters returned to the scene, pulled out a flare gun and fired it twice, briefly igniting one man’s jacket as nearby commuters dispersed to avoid the violence.
“The man who fired the flare gun fled the area on a departing CTrain and was arrested without incident by police at the Franklin CTrain station and is now facing charges,” police said in a statement Monday. press release said.
Evan Robert Mossing, 37, faces seven firearms offences, including discharging a firearm with intent while reckless and careless use of a firearm.
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The police also identified and charged Layne James Deedza (22) with one count of assault with a weapon and two counts of possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose.
Deedza appeared in court on Monday.
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Police are looking for two other suspects in what they called “a reckless assault and shooting.”
One of the suspects is 20-30 years old, 6 feet. tall with a thin build and brown or black hair and was wearing a green camo jacket with a green reflective vest, a white hoodie and dark pants.
The other man has a similar physical description, but is 5 feet, 8 inches. and was wearing a maroon jacket with a red Vans logo on the front, a baseball cap, sunglasses and a wallet chain.
Anyone with information about these suspects is asked to call police at 403-266-1234 or contact Crimestoppers anonymously at 1-800-222-8477 or on the app at P3 Tips.
BKaufmann@postmedia.com
Twitter: @BillKaufmannjrn
