So Who Got Shot? Linda’s Mailbag

Clipped from

1. The Ottawa Citizen,
2. 16 Dec 1991, Mon,
3. Main Edition,
4. Page 25

 

Hi Linda,

Having a conversation with my friend and we are trying to remember who got shot in Carleton Place while they were making a night deposit for the Canadian Tire store. For some reason we remember the name Peter as the guy who was shot Can you help?– John Poole

 

I am at loss here.. can anyone help out? Thanks

The answer..

Buddyzee Fisher-– It was my wife’s father Peter McFarlane around 1990. His daughter Julianna was with him, not Mary Kate McFarlane Brennan, and he was shot three times. Once in the edge of his head by his ear and twice in the hip. He was doing the deposit for Canadian Tire at the time and actually hid it in the snow bank after he was shot…The worst part of all this is I believe there was no cash just cheques and credit card statements.

You can see him occasionally sitting at the bench by the Scotia Bank in town on main street or walking around town going to different local establishments. This man has gone through a whole lot more since that even with a torn aortic valve that had to be replaced and umpteen other medical things but still keeps on ticking. His brothers John McFarlane and Ed McFarlane still live in town as well.

To add more craziness to this Kate and Peter were at Pikes in Almonte about 6 years ago and they came around a corner and ran face to face with the guy who shot him. Kate said the guy thought he saw a ghost and ran so fast out of the store that they could not chase him down.

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