Witness saw shooter fire at victim

Mike Motowylo, who was dropping his truck off for servicing at Great West Chrysler on Friday morning said he saw someone shoot a man, reload the shotgun and then turn the gun on himself, according to his wife.

Sherry Motowylo said her husband is assisting police in the investigation of a shooting that left two people dead and one person injured.

"He's a little shook up." Motowylo told Global News "He said he heard a shot and then he saw the guy reload the shotgun..."

Sources say that Dave Burns was the shooter. He was an employee at the dealership and had been recently suspended.

Global News interviewed Burns in 1994 when his gun collection was stolen. You can watch the story by clicking here.

Edmonton police have confirmed that two men are dead after the shooting at the west Edmonton car dealership on Friday morning. Another man was rushed to hospital.

Police have not confirmed that the shooter killed himself, but say they are not looking for any other suspects. Additionally, they are not confirming the relationship of any of the victims to the dealership.

“Investigators believe one of the deceased males is the suspect in the shooting,” said Insp. Denis Jubinville. “Several witnesses who were at the dealership at the time of the shooting have been interviewed and the investigation continues.”

The call came in at 7:45am on Friday that shots had been fired inside the Great West Chrysler dealership at 178th Street and Stony Plain Road.

Some employees of the dealership are reporting that the shooting happened in the service department. An employee at the dealership, Todd McLeod, suggested that it would be unlikely for customers to be in that part of the building.

"Usually customers are dropping off vehicles, but they never go anywhere near the service department. All they do is go through a breezeway."

In addition to the original officers, homicide detectives have now responded to the scene.

There are several witnesses still inside the dealership assisting police with the investigation.

Representatives from victims services have arrived at the scene to provide counselling.

Doug Ledrew, the parts manager for Great West Chrysler, says employees at the dealership are in the dark about what happened this morning.

"Police have instructed us to go home, but we're not going to do that yet." he told Global News "We're going to see what's happening here".