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'I do not know who fired those 7 shots:' Windsor man not guilty of
attempted murder in bowling alley shooting

   Jason Viau
   | CBC News | Posted: April 17, 2026 7:56 PM | Last Updated:
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   Fernando Ratcliffe acquitted of all five charges following a
   trial at Windsor's Superior Court of Justice

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   Caption: Fernando Ratcliffe acquitted of all five charges
   following a trial at Windsor's Superior Court of Justice (Jason
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   A Windsor judge said there's a "complete absence of reliable
   and credible evidence" to convinct Fernando Ratcliffe on five
   counts of attempted murder.
   Justice Bruce Thomas came to a quick decision and acquitted
   Ratcliffe in the Superior Court of Justice Friday after
   beginning the trial on Monday.
   "I do not know who fired those seven shots,” said Thomas.
   Shots were fired from a vehicle into a crowd on April 9, 2022,
   around 1 a.m. outside Super Bowl Lanes in Forest Glade.
   Windsor police previously said there were upwards of 25 people
   in the crowd and five people were taken to hospital with
   non-life threatening injuries.
   Five people were also arrested in relation to the incident,
   including Ratcliffe.
   Last April, a judge sentenced two men involved in the shooting
   to eight months of house arrest each.
   Step brothers Joshua Fryer and Andrew Meloche admitted to being
   in the vehicle from where the shots were fired.
   It’s Ratcliffe who was being accused of pulling the trigger.
   More to come.

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