Police respond to Greenboro community for reports of shots fired
Posted Aug 19, 2025 10:52:41 AM.
Last Updated Aug 19, 2025 02:54:48 PM.
Ottawa police were involved in an operation in a south community in the nation’s capital.
Officers were called to Greenboro at 10:42 a.m. on Tuesday morning, near the intersection of Lorry Greenburg Drive and Bramblegrove Crescent. According to the report, a caller heard shots fired.
Once on scene, police found a man using a pellet gun on his property.
“The police operation was safely concluded, and there is no threat to public safety,” officials said in an email.
Discharging a firearm, including an air gun, is only allowed within certain areas in the city. Police said in this instance it was not a permitted area for discharging.
No criminal charges were laid.
