Calgary police say gang ties were likely a factor in the Bolsa Restaurant shooting incident that killed three people

Calgary police say gang ties were likely a factor in the fatal shooting incident that killed three people including one known gang member,at a Vietnamese restaurant in the southeast part of the city on New Year's Day. Deputy Chief Murray Stooke told reporters Friday that three people walked into the Bolsa Restaurant late Thursday afternoon and fired upon a table where a woman and two men were sitting. The woman was unharmed in the incident, but a third man who was to join the group at the table was gunned down outside the front door of the restaurant. Stooke said it is likely that the shooting is related to gang rivalries. One of the three men killed was wearing a ballistic vest, he said. Duty Inspector Dean LaGrange told CTV.ca on Thursday that police responded to a call of a reported shooting at 3:50 p.m.
At least ten people were in the Bolsa Restaurant at the time of the shooting.
The three men were eating in the main part of the Vietnamese restaurant when they were shot. Investigators are looking at a number of suspects and it is believed they fled the scene in a silver vehicle. Calgary has had many problems with gang activity in recent months, which police say is linked to more than one-third of city homicides.