Gun violence hits home for Manor Park residents

Residents of a cooperative housing complex in Ottawa's east end are shaken after someone fired gunshots into three unitsWednesday night.

Ottawa police responded to reports of shots fired onClaremont Drive nearSt. Laurent Boulevard in Manor Park shortly after 7 p.m.

Officersfound "several" shots had been fired into three unitsat 10ClaremontDr., police said.

At least four bullet holes were visible Thursday morning, including one inTanya Norris'sfront door at Number 38. The bullet pierced thedoor and a shared wall, entering the next-door unit where it struck another wall inside.

Violence 'literally entered my home.'

"It makes you nervous. The violence literally entered my home," said Norris, who was home withher three-month-old daughter when she heard five poppingnoises.

There wasnothing going on outside to explain the noises, Norris said. She didn't notice the bullet holes until a short time later when police showed up at her door.

Norris, who has two other children and whose boyfriend was out shopping at the time of the shooting, said she's scared to think what might have happened if someone had been standing near the front door.

Three bulletscrashed through AndreCloutier'sliving room window on the other side of Norris's unit.

"We're really, really shocked and we didn't know what to think,"Cloutiersaid. He said he andhis girlfriendweren't home at the time, but returned less than an hour later to find police blocking off thedead endstreet.

"We were so grateful we weren't inside,"Cloutiersaid.

Dog found hiding under bed

They weren'tallowed into their unit until after midnight. A policeofficer foundCloutier'sdog,which was home at the time of the shooting, hidingunder a bed.

While Cloutiersaid the neighbourhood has improved, he believes his girlfriend will want to move.

A tenant in thethird unit that was struck said she was also out at the time of the shooting, and returned home soon after.

The units belong toYule Manor Co-op. No one from the rental office responded torequests for comment.

Policeinvestigating the shooting, but have not made any arrests.

There wasa fatal shooting in the same area in January 2016.

Norris said she wants moresurveillance cameras installed near her home, along with a security guard to patrol the neighbourhood.