Second person charged in south-end shootings

Two people injured during seemingly random attacks in November 2015

City police have charged a 21-yearold man in connection with a series of apparently random shootings in the city’s south end in 2015.

A lengthy investigation resulted when four shootings occurred within the space of several days — two that resulted in people being hit with shots.

In October, police arrested a man — now 19 — who was 16 at the time of the incident.

The investigation continued and recently led to the arrest of a second person, 21-year-old Jordan Lee Mymko.

According to information from the Regina Police Service, Mymko “was identified (as a suspect) by police through the course of the investigation, but the warrant for his arrest was not executed until April 2018.”

According to court documents, Mymko is facing eight charges: two counts each of attempted murder, discharging a firearm in a reckless manner, using a firearm in the commission of an indictable offence, and unauthorized possession of a firearm.

Mymko made an appearance in Regina provincial court on Thursday when a defence lawyer appeared with him, setting the charges over to June 7.

He will remain in custody in the meantime.

The charges relate to the November 2015 series of incidents when police reported two people had been sent to hospital with nonlife-threatening injuries after they were shot.

Police stepped up their presence in south Regina as a result of the incidents that began on Nov. 12 when, at about 12:55 a.m., patrons in a restaurant on the 4600 block of Albert Street reported hearing two loud bangs and seeing panes of window glass break. Police said the thickness of the windows prevented the projectiles from fully penetrating, so no injuries were reported.

Approximately a half-hour later, police were sent to a second report of a shot fired, this time at a home in the 2400 block of Gordon Road. The female resident of the house escaped physical injury when a single shot was fired through her living-room window while she was sitting on her couch.

Three nights later, at 11:38 p.m., police were called to a restaurant on the 4500 block of Albert Street when a 33-year-old employee was shot twice as she was closing the business. Police reported she received medical treatment and survived.

At 11:52 p.m., police headed to a restaurant about a block over (the same one targeted during the first incident) when they learned a 23-year-old man had been shot as he was entering the business.

Two days later, police went to the area of Richardson Crescent and Frontenac Drive after someone found what appeared to be a cache of firearms.

Police said that find became a key part of the investigation into the shooting incidents.

The youth charged — who cannot be named under provisions of the Youth Criminal Justice Act — is still before the court. The Crown previously stated it intends to seek an adult sentence should the youth be convicted.

His preliminary hearing is set for November.