Bloody rivalry in Halifax played out between drug gangs
Bloody rivalry in Halifax between drug gangs that has seen shots ring out in front of a children's hospital and another hospital's emergency department forced into lockdown twice in two weeks.The police department says it has devoted unprecedented resources into investigating the series of incidents, which also involves shots fired at a pizza parlour in nearby Spryfield."We have seen violence in the drug trade before," said Const. Jeff Carr. "The difference this time is that they've brought their dispute into very public places, which is alarming."Police haven't said how many officers they've dedicated to a team trying to clamp down on two groups that have been waging a turf war in the suburban community of Spryfield for more than three years.It has been reported by local media outlets that the feud involves two families and associates implicated in a number of firebombings and shootings that have plagued the community of about 11,000 people sinc...