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Police search for suspect after teenager injured in shooting

Shooting on Crystal Drive. Brett Ruskin / Global News

HALIFAX — Halifax Regional Police are searching for one suspect after a teenager was shot in the hand late Thursday night.

Police were first called to the apartment on Crystal Drive at 11:30 p.m. after reports of shots fired.

The suspect fled on foot, and the police’s K9 unit was called in to search. He’s described as a black man, 5’4″ tall, with a thin build. Police say he was wearing a white hoodie and black jogging pants.

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The 17-year old boy was taken to Dartmouth General Hospital with non-life threatening injuries, but police say he is not cooperating with their investigation.

Anyone with any information is asked to call police.

Police search apartment building on Crystal Drive. Brett Ruskin / Global News

With files from Brett Ruskin

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