West End to see more police - Winnipeg Free Press

West End to see more police - Winnipeg Free Press: "Police are continuing to search for two men involved in the shootings of Earl and Cook, along with a friend of the victims who ran after the two gunmen and began firing shots that ultimately hit two cars on Agnes Street. The occupants of the cars were thought to be uninvolved in the earlier shootings and were not injured.
The street crime unit that will now focus on the West End was created in October 2005 after then-police chief Jack Ewatski announced Operation Clean Sweep following the shooting death of Philippe Haiart, 17. He was struck by a stray bullet after getting caught in gang crossfire at Maryland Street and Sargent Avenue. The unit was originally set up to target drug dealing, prostitution and weapons offences in the city's West End and North End and has continued since then.
'We have the flexibility with that unit to be able to place it in different spots,' said McCaskill. 'We're never going to be in a position in this city or any other city to put a police officer on every block (and) every corner. And we have to be as flexible as we possibly can to try to gain control of things when they can get out of control.'
Thursday, three bullet holes were in the front of 542 Victor St., a white, two-storey home that's registered to Kinew Housing. Neighbours said a teenage boy lives at the low-income rental home along with two young girls.
The outside of the home had the words 'West Syde,' which stands for a local street gang ,scrawled"