Gang shootings are always a concern for police and citizens, especially when carried out in populated areas in broad daylight.
So far, Calgary has been lucky and no innocent bystanders have been hit by stray bullets.
That is not the case in other Canadian municipalities and Calgary's police chief admits it could happen here.
On Boxing Day in 2005, a 15-year-old girl was shot and killed on Younge Street in Toronto when two groups of men exchanged gun fire.
Last spring in Hobbema, Alberta, a two-year-old girl was critically injured in a gang related drive-by shooting outside her home.
Calgary Police Chief Rick Hanson admits he's worried an innocent person could be killed by a stray bullet, but he says gang violence is not just a police issue.
"There are some serious decisions parents need to make, to finally stand up and say if you're involved in that lifestyle I don't want to see you any more, get out of it because the reality is if you allow your kids to be involved in a lifestyle like that don't be surprised when they don't see their 25th birthday," said Hanson.
The Chief says the courts also need to hand out stiffer sentences for violence involving guns and he believes the minimum jail term for possession of a handgun should be five years.
