Family with toddler were victims of weekend drive-by shooting in Westmount
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An Edmonton woman says she and her family were targeted in a drive-by shooting on Sunday.
An Edmonton woman says she and her family were targeted in a drive-by shooting on Sunday.
The 37-year-old woman, who CTV News Edmonton has agreed not to identify for her safety, says she and her husband and two-year-old son were headed to a restaurant on 124 Street for lunch when the shooting happened.
The family was getting out of their vehicle at 124 Street and 110 Avenue shortly before 1 p.m. when she heard a loud noise, which she initially thought was a car crash.
She says she then saw a truck race out of the alley, and heard popping sounds, and saw a man in the truck pointing a gun at her.
She says she turned to her husband and toddler.
What she saw next she describes as like "the ground exploding at their feet."
"My husband fell to the ground and my son stretched out his arms for me," she told CTV News Edmonton on Tuesday. "I put my back towards the truck and gun ... to shield my baby and grabbed my son in my arms."
