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It is the third homicide in Ottawa in just over two weeks.

The Ottawa police major crimes unit continues to investigate the killing, the latest homicide investigation in what has been a deadly few weeks for the city.

The shooting has also drawn attention from city hall.

Beacon Hill-Cyrville Coun. Tim Tierney is calling for the city to install closed-circuit cameras in his community as a safety measure and for Ottawa police to do more patrols in the area.

Tierney said he’s meeting with Chief Charles Bordeleau and police board chair Eli El-Chantiry on Thursday afternoon.

“This meeting must have tangibles and an outcome that will be visible to the community,” Tierney said in an e-mailed statement.

He also wants to accelerate a Neighbourhood Watch program for his community.

“I will not stop until we find real solutions to this ongoing problem,” Tierney said.

On Tuesday night, a passing motorist saw the dying man lying on ground and then phoned police.

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They arrived within a minute of the first emergency calls to find the victim without vital signs in front of Lester B. Pearson High School in Gloucester.

Yellow police tape marked the crime scene on Jasmine Crescent, between the high school and a day-care centre.

Witnesses said the victim had been driving a vehicle when he was shot.

Roch Rondeau, 21, said he heard four shots from inside his apartment.

Photo by Julie Oliver / Ottawa Citizen

He spoke to his neighbour, who apparently witnessed the entire incident from her window. Rondeau said the neighbour saw the victim being shot in the head and chest. Police escorted the neighbour and other eyewitnesses downtown to provide statements.