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No injuries reported after ‘brazen daytime shooting’ in Coquitlam

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It has been a busy 12-hours for police in a number of Metro Vancouver communities, responding to a string of shootings and other violent incidents. Emily Lazatin reports – Jan 5, 2024

Police are urging people to avoid an area of central Coquitlam as they respond to a shooting on Thursday.

RCMP said the incident happened in the area of Johnson Street and Glen Drive just before 3 p.m.

Mounties said they received reports that “multiple individuals” had shot at a vehicle and were pointing a gun.

There were no immediate reports of injuries, and police said they had located two suspects.

B.C. Emergency Health Services said no patients were transported to hospital.

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“We are extremely lucky that no one was injured during this brazen day-time shooting in a very populated area,” Coquitlam RCMP Officer in Charge, Supt. Keith Bramhill, said in a media release.

“As we are in the initial stages of the investigation, we are asking anyone who may have witnessed the shooting or saw a man pointing a firearm in the area of Johnson Street and Glen Drive to contact police.”

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Police are also looking for any video shot in the area between 2:30 and 3:30 p.m.

Police asked people to avoid Glen Drive between Lansdowne Drive and Pinetree Way, and Johnson Street between Guildford Way and Conley Crescent.

Witnesses reported more than a dozen police vehicles responding, along with an RCMP helicopter.

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