Burnaby shooting sends man to hospital
Posted October 9, 2024 6:52 am.
Mounties in Burnaby are investigating a shooting that sent one person to hospital Tuesday night.
The Burnaby RCMP says officers were called after reports of shots fired in the area of Kitchener Street and Madison Avenue just after 7:45 p.m.
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“One man has been transported to the hospital.”
Police say their investigation is in its early stages, “so police expect to be in the area for several hours.”
Mounties did not confirm whether the shooting was or was not related to the ongoing B.C. gang conflict, however, witnesses at the scene shared that members of the Gang Enforcement Unit were also at the scene.
–With files from Charlotte Fisher.
