Police ask for help with Regina home drive-by shootings

Christie Schuler never expected to stand at her window and see a gun aimed towards her.

“I was hysterical,” she said. “I was freaking out, hysterical, going ‘What is causing this?’”

Schuler said her home was shot at twice last week on Bard Crescent in northwest Regina.

Regina Police Service said on Friday they were seeking help from the public to find the shooter.

Police confirmed that Schuler’s Bard Crescent home was shot at twice — once on Sept. 28 and again on Sep. 29.

Police also said a home in the 300 Block of Halifax Street was also shot at some time overnight on Sept. 29.

Schuler’s front windows have five different bullet holes in it with shrapnel damaging the siding on the front, and side of her house. The back of her car was also damaged by shrapnel from the bullets.

Small tape squares show where two bullets went through Schuler’s front window. (Gillian Massie/980 CJME)

Regina Police said an investigation is underway. Schuler believes the shooting may be connected to gang activity.

On Friday at 3 a.m., Schuler was woken up by one of her kids after they said they heard gunshots. Schuler said she did not see any damage when she went to investigate downstairs.

About six hours later, she saw the bullet holes in her windows.

“When I pulled back in from dropping the kids off from school and I (saw) what it looked like was a big hole with spider glass through it,” Schuler said. “I started panicking.”

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Schuler called 911, but said she was told police were occupied at another situation and did not show up.

The next time Schuler heard shots was on Saturday, around 6 a.m. while she was in her room watching TV.

She said she called 911 and went downstairs to take a look. When she was standing by her window a few minutes later, she said a car stopped on the street and fired a gun at her.

Schuler points to where the bullets damaged her window and siding. (Gillian Massie/980 CJME)

“I was flipping right out,” she said.

Schuler said she called 911 again, and police arrived in the next 10 minutes.

Schuler said she has been working with investigators, but expressed frustration that police did not arrive when she first called on Friday.

“When you call the police, they are supposed to be there for people,” she said.

The two shootings has put incredible stress on her family.

“Now, my worry is if they are coming back,” Schuler said.

Anyone with any information is asked to  contact Regina Police Service at 306-777-6500 or to inform Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or at saskcrimestoppers.com.

The bullet holes have been patched over by police. (Gillian Massie/980 CJME)