Weekend shootings mark record year for gun violence in Ottawa
Posted Oct 3, 2016 04:46:00 AM.
Last Updated Oct 3, 2016 07:56:17 AM.
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OTTAWA – Police are investigating two shootings over the weekend — the 50th and 51st of the year.
Police were called to a condo building on Ohio Street around 6 p.m. Sunday, where the glass front of a balcony for a ground-floor unit had been shot out.
Meantime, a 27-year-old man was sent to hospital in critical condition after a shooting in the ByWard Market, near George Street, around 3 a.m. Sunday.
No arrests have been made, and police have no one in custody in either shooting.
The Guns and Gangs Unit is investigating. Anyone with information is asked to call 613-236-1222, ext. 5050. Anonymous tips can be submitted by calling Crime Stoppers toll-free at 1-800-222-8477
The shootings mark a new record in the capital for gun violence, surpassing the previous record of 49 set in 2014.
