Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - August 5, 1995, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press local Section Maureen Houston 6977292 email a11 August 1995 gang member arrested in shooting by Paul Wiecek police reporter a member of the Indian posse has been arrested and charged with shooting a 15 year old boy last sunday in an Inci Dent police believe was revenge for the slaying of 13yearold Joseph in not using the word Retalia Tion but there certainly Are links Between the two Jack head of the homicide said As in the Spence police now have a person in custody in last sundays shooting of Eugene Greene facts Swatski thinks gang members will be unable to ignore As they Ponder their next Steps this i think weve sent a Strong Mes there was a we made an there was a shoot we made an so if someone is thinking about doing something this week Treyve got to ask themselves what Are the Odds of getting caught what happened to the last two Guys the answer is they got arrest Spence was shot to death 23 in what police believe was part of a simmering dispute Between Indi an posse and nine two Street gangs in the midst of a turf while Spence was not a member of Indian police believe the shooter an associate of deuces mistakenly believed he that shooting was followed by the Greene shooting last week to the hour following the Spence Greene struck in the head and Back with Shotgun pellets but suffered Only minor an investigation into that shoot ing resulted in the arrest of George Vincent of Pritchard Avenue on thursday Okema has been charged with Dis charging a firearm with using a firearm and wearing a Dis was police spokesman Eric Turner confirmed Okema is a member of a Street sources identified the gang As Indian Greene is not a member of police but they believe he was shot because As in the Spence Case the shooter mistakenly believed his victim belonged to a rival police Are still searching for a second person who also fired shots in the Greene Turner Ken free press boat destroyed firefighters Battle a fire in a Cabin Cruiser yesterday at the marys Turbo Gas station at marys Road and Warde the boat went up in flames while the owner was filling the tank with the Cruiser was its owners son was in stable condition in Victoria where he was treated for Burns to both arms a Day of Good news transport Canada jobs on Way City development Deal unveiled by Bud Robertson staff reporter paralysed teen determined to follow his athletic dreams by Tony Davis staff reporter Tyler Keiths family has started a Trust fund for him because aut Opac benefits wont be enough for him to pursue his ath Letic a promising athlete at Johns High had his Back broken july 17 in an apparently random Roadside Ward his said a Trust fund is being established to help Tyler buy such equip ment As a specialized racing who works for said the shortfall int a result of the recent switch to no fault in he Tyler is bet Ter off than he would have been under the old he said under the old tort and because Tyler was run off the Road by a stolen car meaning it carried Only minimum liability the maximum he would have collected from insurance was under people permanently disabled in car crashes get income and have their rehabilitation and personal care expenses covered for the rest of their explained Barbro information services coordinator at if tylers paralysis is he will also get a Lump sum up to Tyler has indicated from his Hospital Fol lowing surgery to implant steel rods so he can sit that Hes determined to continue his ath Letic pursuits which aut Opac wont Trio beaten Tyler and two teenage friends were heading to a cottage at night when they pulled Over on Highway 8 to Check cargo in their two men in a stolen vehicle pulled accused Tyler of shining a flashlight in their eyes and then beat the threesome with tire the teenagers fled in their but were repeatedly rammed from behind by the car tylers Back was broken in two places when he was thrown out of the his Glen suffered a broken neck but was not a third teen had minor a track Star before the Tyler was plan Ning to compete at the Western Canada sum Mer games and dreamed of the so far the Trust fund has collected about most of that from a Manitoba Telephone system office in where another Uncle of tylers friends and family have been amazed by tylers spunk since the senseless he said that after his he figures hell be out of the Hospital in six or seven said his Don manager of Alcias restaurant in Hes already making plans to go to just before his Tyler had a 45 minute phone Call from Rick who became an International hero a decade ago when he circled the world in his wheelchair to raise million for spinal Ord i was impressed with it sounds like Hes got a Good said donations to the Trust fund can be made to Astra credit 1038 Keewatin or through the Job action it was a Banner Day for eco nomic news in Manitoba yes transport Canada announced it was moving its West Ern regional Headquarters to win then details were finally released of a five year development plan for the As statistics Canada reported that Manitoba had the lowest unemployment rate in the country last that really exciting to said Winnipeg chamber of com Merce president Shelley to hear of these things All in one its just tremendous and it bodes Well for future develop ments for she representatives from the province and Federal government met in Central Park yesterday morning to launch the first 10 initiatives under the tripartite Winnipeg development which was announced last Decem Ber and officially signed in each level of government will contribute million Over the next five years to such As Job which will be initiated in consultation with Community agencies and the Cost of yesterdays Initia Tives amounts to Federal human resources min ister Lloyd Axworthy said yester Day he Doest know How Many jobs the transport Canada move will mean for As details have yet to be More than Federal jobs Are to be Cut in Manitoba Over the next three years As Ottawa reduces its Public service by Axworthy said the move enhances what were trying to do in the which is to enhance its enhance safety in City neighbor hoods included in that is Urban to will target High risk youths in an Effort to curb youth crime and violence million to revitalize older million for downtown revitalization 5 million to improve pedestrian and Bike Access to the cites nver Banks to enhance cultural resources 5 million for a program to bring new life to Winnipeg vacant and underused heritage million for a jobs Access program to provide funding for training and work experience for conservation efforts in heritage ability As a transportation Hub for Western As for statistics Canada said Manitoba per cent rate was the lowest in the country last the National unemployment rate was per cent in Winnipeg unemployment rate last month stood at a respectable per cent compared with eight per cent in Calgary and nearly nine per cent in the City is also hoping to become the site of Canadas new air com Bat mobility bringing with it 300 senior military jobs and an annual payroll of a Little boy gratitude found a n unusual letter arrived in my mail Slot this the writer wanted theres nothing unusual about of it was what he wanted and Why he wanted it that i found dear Sinclair i am writing to you hoping you can help find the people who May have prevented a tragic end to the life of a lost Winnipeg the youngster was i was 3 years old in july of 1964 when my dad took me to his friends House to give his Green 1954 four door Ford Crestline an Oil i stood on the Side walk As they opened the Hood and peered Over the a few minutes later my dad called Over to me and said he Gordon Sinclair and his Friend would take the car to the he meant the garage behind his friends i thought he meant a service they drove i walked to the end of the to the Corner of Portage and Home i still see my dad and i started to a Well dressed Proba Bly in her stopped and asked me Why 1 was i told her my dad was at the the woman took my hand and walked me across the Street to a Gas but my dad want one of the two men working at the service station asked me if i was hungry and offered a peach he had packed in his lunch i dont know who called police but two officers i was taken to the police station and into a a woman asked if i had to go to the but i was Noto rious at that age for not going when i really needed i wet my the woman took off my rinsed them and Hung them Over the sink to i i think the Telephone and after answering the woman told me i had to get we took the elevator Down to the main and we walked Down a Long that where i was reunited with my he started walking towards i ran As fast As i and when we finally met he picked me up and hugged i was so worried my mom was going to be angry with me for wetting my but when i got Home she was Only Happy that i was that my dad suffered a nervous breakdown As he mourned the loss of his that was most Likely Why when he finished giving the car an Oil change he forgot i was there and came Home without As i watch programs about missing with families frantically searching for their loved i am constantly reminded of How fortunate i was that a kind woman and two Gas station attendants cared enough to see that i was reunited with my i Long so much personally to thank those because without them i could have been lost i Hope you can help Robert Bobby i still wondered Why he wrote the so i called at first he alluded again to the to shows about missing Chil but Why now i then he started to Tell me another he and his wife and two had been driving Home one Day this summer when they saw a Little boy about three years old wandering along one of bran Rahn in 1964 reunited dons busiest they took the lost Little boy to the police where he was reunited with his that when Robert Rahn decided to try and find the peo ple who found ;