{"id":6802,"date":"2016-05-31T23:17:31","date_gmt":"2016-05-31T23:17:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/unitederitreamedia.com\/blog12\/?p=6802"},"modified":"2016-05-31T23:17:47","modified_gmt":"2016-05-31T23:17:47","slug":"north-edmonton-shooting-victim-worked-to-stop-youth-violence-by-travis-mcewan-cbc-news-posted-may-31-2016-1150-am-mt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/unitederitreamedia.com\/blog12\/2016\/05\/31\/north-edmonton-shooting-victim-worked-to-stop-youth-violence-by-travis-mcewan-cbc-news-posted-may-31-2016-1150-am-mt\/","title":{"rendered":"North Edmonton shooting victim worked to stop youth violence By\u00a0Travis McEwan, CBC News Posted: May 31, 2016 11:50 AM MT"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content\" class=\"wrap12 story-head\" tabindex=\"0\">\n<div class=\"colfull\">\n<div class=\"story-headline\">\n<h1 class=\"story-title\">Gary Yemane was a nurse at the Misericordia Hospital before his death last week<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"small lighttext\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/i.cbc.ca\/1.3608551.1464717060!\/fileImage\/httpImage\/image.PNG_gen\/derivatives\/16x9_620\/gary-yemane.PNG\" alt=\"Friends are remembering Gary Yemane for his selflessness nature and his role as an active member of the Edmonton Eritrean community.\" width=\"451\" height=\"254\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wrap8 story-primary\">\n<div id=\"leadmedia\" class=\"story-leadmedia col8\">\n<div class=\"figure\">\n<p class=\"figure-caption\">Friends are remembering Gary Yemane for his selflessness nature and his role as an active member of the Edmonton Eritrean community.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"figure-caption\">Gary\u00a0Yemane was devoted to\u00a0keeping\u00a0the city&#8217;s Eritrean youth from getting involved in crime and violence.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wrap8 story-bodywrapper sclt-storybody\">\n<div id=\"sharecount_gig_containerParent\" class=\"story-middle col2\">\n<div id=\"sharecount\" class=\"sclt-share\">\n<div id=\"yui_3_11_0_2_1464736128462_12\" class=\"gig-bar-container gig-share-bar-container\">\n<div class=\"story-content\">\n<p>A nurse of more than 30\u00a0years, his death has left his\u00a0community stunned.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday evening, Yemane,\u00a063, was walking blocks away from his home on Ozerna road between 69th\u00a0Street and\u00a0165th Avenue when he was shot multiple times. When police arrived, he was found dead on the sidewalk.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/edmonton\/police-investigating-after-man-found-dead-in-north-edmonton-1.3604808\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Police investigating after man found dead in north Edmonton<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Zedingle Ghebremusse of the Edmonton Eritrean Association has been friends with Yemane\u00a0for 30 years. They met for dinner last week.<\/p>\n<p>The two talked about ways to engage their community&#8217;s youth to stop influences of crime and violence.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"pullquote\"><p><span class=\"pullquote-quotation\">&#8216;He&#8217;s selfless. He always wanted to help.&#8217;<\/span><cite class=\"pullquote-source\">&#8211; Zedingle\u00a0Ghebremusse<\/cite><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Over the past few years we have had three losses of Eritrean youth who grew up here who were involved in negative stuff and they lost their lives,&#8221; Ghebremusse said.\u00a0&#8220;Our conversation was about how to prevent it and how we can mobilize our community to work hard on this issue.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He&#8217;s selfless. He always wanted to help.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Yemane spent the last 30\u00a0years in Edmonton\u00a0working as a nurse. At the time of his death, he was an employee at the Misericordia Community Hospital.<\/p>\n<div class=\"figure col3width floatright\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/i.cbc.ca\/1.3608547.1464699161!\/fileImage\/httpImage\/image.PNG_gen\/derivatives\/original_220\/gare-yemane.PNG\" alt=\"Gare Yemane\" width=\"292\" height=\"377\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"figure-caption\">Yemane was a nurse in Edmonton for 25 years.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>After Eritrea was granted independence in 1991, Yemane spent weeks buying medical books from the University of Alberta. He sent them to his home country to help civilians through a\u00a0period of violence and instability.<\/p>\n<p>He was known for using his medical expertise to help with the city&#8217;s African\u00a0community. Passionate about leukemia awareness, he\u00a0once held a stem cell drive and encouraged\u00a0Africans and\u00a0Caribbean\u00a0to donate stem cells.<\/p>\n<p>Ghebremusse said\u00a0last summer Yemane was at a wedding when he\u00a0saved the groom&#8217;s life. The man collapsed due to a problem with his heart, and Yemane did CPR until an ambulance came.<\/p>\n<p>Ghebremusse\u00a0said he just hopes the person responsible for his friend&#8217;s\u00a0death is arrested.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m hoping this person comes to justice,&#8221; he said.\u00a0&#8220;I hope there&#8217;s closure for the family and the community.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Ghebremusse\u00a0said he\u00a0has no idea why his friend, a\u00a0well-respected member of not only the African community\u00a0but in Edmonton as a whole,\u00a0was killed.<\/p>\n<p>He said\u00a0friends and family are concerned right now that a man who wanted to save lives is now dead.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There is a lot of fear in our community now,&#8221; Ghebremusse said. &#8220;This situation needs to be changed before it gets worse. I hope this is a wake-up call to our community.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"figure\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/i.cbc.ca\/1.3608548.1464672739!\/fileImage\/httpImage\/image.jpg_gen\/derivatives\/original_620\/ozerna-shooting.jpg\" alt=\"Ozerna shooting\" width=\"448\" height=\"252\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"figure\"><\/div>\n<p>Police are now\u00a0looking for a black, older-model Toyota sedan, possibly a Corolla or\u00a0Camry, that they believe was involved in the incident. The vehicle was seen leaving the area heading south on\u00a0Ozerna\u00a0Road.<\/p>\n<p>The driver \u2014 the lone occupant of the car \u2014 is described as an &#8220;East Indian&#8221; man in his late 20s to early 30s, with short dark hair, about 5&#8217;8&#8243; to 5&#8217;10&#8221; and weighing between 180 and 200 pounds<\/p>\n<p>An autopsy is scheduled for today.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"storytools\" class=\"sclt-share\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gary Yemane was a nurse at the Misericordia Hospital before his death last week Friends are remembering Gary Yemane for his selflessness nature and his role as an active member of the Edmonton Eritrean community. Gary\u00a0Yemane was devoted to\u00a0keeping\u00a0the city&#8217;s Eritrean youth from getting involved in crime and violence. 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