The household of a person killed in a New 12 months’s Day taking pictures remembers him as a hard-working one who all the time put his household first.
Stallone Leonard Mark Clare, generally known as Stallone Musqua to his household and pals, was 31 years previous.
In keeping with the Calgary Police Service, officers responded to studies of photographs fired within the metropolis’s northwest Ranchlands space round 3:40 a.m. Sunday.
They arrived on the 6900 block of Ranchero Highway NW to search out two males affected by gunshot wounds and Musqua was pronounced useless on the scene.
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The opposite man was taken to hospital in critical situation, police stated. The incident is believed to be focused.
Kennedi Musqua, his cousin who lives in Saskatchewan, stated her uncle moved to Calgary to start out a brand new life after he was stabbed within the eye just a few years in the past.
“He got here out (to Calgary) for work … He was in restoration for just a few years and he needed to return to work and transfer away and begin a greater life with out unfavourable individuals,” she informed International Information.
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Musqua stated her uncle would play video video games together with her each morning earlier than beginning her 12-hour shift at an area carpentry enterprise — a practice she holds near her coronary heart.
She additionally stated he was a very good father who tried to help his 5 kids when he may.
“Each morning earlier than he would go to work, we might play our online game collectively. That was one factor we did daily, each morning, and we talked about life and stuff like that,” she stated.
“I am actually going to overlook him… He was only a nice dad. He liked his kids and tried to be an excellent father to all of them.
“He was additionally humorous. He was one of many funniest individuals. Everybody who knew him would say he was so humorous.”
At the moment, Musqua and her household are attempting to lift cash to get his physique again to Saskatchewan. She arrange a GoFundMe web page for her uncle to cowl funeral and transportation prices.
“We’re Aboriginal, so we’re very conventional. We often have a wake and a funeral for the one that has handed in our household,” she stated.
“It is crucial that we will get him again to Saskatchewan in order that we will begin that and have all his household and pals round him as we bury him.”
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A vigil is a conventional observe in lots of First Nations and Metis communities to honor and keep in mind a useless member of the family, in keeping with the Nationwide Middle for Reality and Reconciliation.
It’s a time to help the household, for kin to go to one another and to go to the useless. Actions at a wake differ from household to household and tradition to tradition.
Musqua is interesting for anybody with details about the taking pictures to come back ahead. She stated she had not obtained any info from the police concerning the investigation.
“My household was separated and got here from completely different locations. It was so sudden, and no one was actually able to journey throughout Canada on New 12 months’s Day,” she stated.
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Anybody with details about the taking pictures is requested to contact police at 403-266-1234 or anonymously by means of Crime Stoppers.
– With recordsdata from Demi Knight, International Information.
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