Eleven arrested in Vanier shooting

By News Staff

Posted Aug 21, 2011 04:25:29 AM.

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Ottawa police have arrested 11 people after gunshots were heard in Vanier early Saturday morning.

Officers responded to calls of a shooting in the 100-block of Marier Avenue around 3 a.m.

Eleven people were arrested and police seized a nine millimetre handgun from the scene.

No injuries were reported.

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