Last week, Zachary Tiglik was shot and killed in the Carlington neighborhood of Ottawa
People in Ottawa are remembering the latest shooting victim as a hard worker and a good friend who was always there to listen.
Zachary Tiglik was shot and killed in the city’s Carlington neighborhood on the night of June 29. The Ottawa man, who was 19 years old, was taken to the hospital by paramedics, but he died there from his injuries.
The Ottawa Police Service’s homicide unit is looking into the case, but when they were asked about it over the weekend, they didn’t have any new information to share.
As of late Sunday night, there had been no word on any arrests.
“He didn’t deserve what happened to him,” said Gabriella Fitzpatrick, who has known Tiglik since she and her boyfriend were 13 years old.
Fitzpatrick said that Tiglik was from Nunavut, but he moved to Ottawa with his mother. She said that he ended up living in group homes and would often run away to her house until the police came to get him.
Fitzpatrick said, “He would be so sad, like he really didn’t want to go back there.”
She said that even though Tiglik had problems, he wanted to help other people.
She said, “He didn’t talk about his own feelings, but he was always willing to talk about yours.” “He was always trying to make other people happy and solve their problems for them…”All he wanted to do was make people happy.”
Fitzpatrick said that hearing about his death has made their group of friends very sad.
“A lot of us are just stunned… She said, “Right now, we’re just not ourselves, and we don’t know what to do with ourselves.””I can’t do what I need to do. It’s very difficult.”
Got life back on trac
Fitzpatrick said that Tiglik had become addicted to drugs before he died, and that they didn’t talk for about a year. He had been trying to get back in touch with people after getting his life back on track and getting a job as a roofer.
She said, “He had a job, he wasn’t using drugs anymore, and he was doing very well for himself.”
Zachary Provost, who used to work for Tiglik, told Radio-Canada that he was “shocked and saddened” to hear about his death.
Provost said that Tiglik worked for him for a few months in 2022 and was “an excellent worker with a good work ethic.
He only quit this job because he was hired by another company, he said.
Michael Quattrocchi, 47, was shot and killed on Raven Avenue the day before Tiglik’s death. This was the second murder in the Carlington neighborhood in the same week.
Police don’t think that the two crimes are connected.