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Edmonton Police Services (EPS) Acting Supt. Colin Derksen said in a Friday update that a 41-year-old man and his 11-year-old son were “intentionally” shot and killed in a vehicle during a “serious, targeted incident” at a shopping complex the day before.

They identified the father as 41-year-old Harpreet Uppal, a high-level gang member involved in the drug trade. Police did not identify the boy, but said that autopsies have been scheduled for Monday and Tuesday of next week. He added that a second boy, a friend of the child, was also in the car but was unharmed.

Derksen said that there had been previous attempts on the father's life, including a shooting at a pizza restaurant two years ago, and called the intentional shooting of the child “sick and twisted.”

"The landscape has changed," Derksen said. "There's no longer any respect for children, families or innocent bystanders amongst our gangsters when they carry out violence to further their own interests."

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