He lost his wife to a shooting at the bowling alley. The bullet wasn’t meant for her

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He lost his wife to a shooting at the bowling alley. The bullet wasn’t meant for her

Ruma Amar browsed Ikea with her husband on Saturday morning, her younger sister in tow. The young couple looked at baby cradles. They were planning to start a family.

Later that evening, they went to the arcade at a bowling alley five minutes from their condo. Amar sent her elderly father updates on WhatsApp — a video of the trio playing games, a photo of the Mentos and Jolly Ranchers they had won. He responded with smiley faces and heart emojis.

Then they left to get some dessert. Amar was following her husband and sister out the door, trailing slightly behind, when the gunfire erupted and she fell to the ground.

“All I know is the next moment I was just trying to hold her, and she was bleeding so bad,” her husband, Amandeep Luthra, recalled. In an interview with the Star on Monday, he spoke of being unable to call 911 because his hands were shaking so badly.

“She went too soon,” he said, gesturing with a snap of his fingers to show how quickly she was taken. “There was no reason for her to go.”

“She went too soon,” Amandeep Luthra said on Monday of his wife Ruma Amar, gesturing with a snap of his fingers to show how quickly she was taken.
“She went too soon,” Amandeep Luthra said on Monday of his wife Ruma Amar, gesturing with a snap of his
fingers to show how quickly she was taken.  (LUCAS OLENIUK / TORONTO STAR)

“She went too soon,” Amandeep Luthra said on Monday of his wife Ruma Amar, gesturing with a snap of his fingers to show how quickly she was taken.  (LUCAS OLENIUK / TORONTO STAR)

Police say the bullet that killed Amar, 29, was intended for Thanh Tien Ngo, the 32-year-old man who was also killed at Playtime Bowl & Entertainment in a Dufferin and Lawrence plaza after being chased down by three men Saturday night.

Ngo was pronounced dead at the scene. Amar died in hospital.

Police are still searching for the suspects.

Source:.thestar.com