A man and a woman were taken to hospital after someone reported shots being fired in a northeast Calgary neighbourhood early Tuesday morning.
Police tape was blocking off part of the 0 to 100 block of Saddlelake Green Northeast in Calgary as police investigated a reported shooting.
Police said officers were called to the scene at 5:47 a.m. A Global News crew at the scene also saw a driveway in front of a home that appeared to have been taped off as well.
Calgary EMS told Global News that two people were transported from the scene to Foothills Medical Centre with critical injuries. Police later said both the man and the woman appeared to have sustained gunshot wounds and that their condition has been upgraded to stable.
A person who lives on the block where the shooting occurred told Global News he heard six or seven gunshots and some screaming before police arrived.
A Global News crew at the scene was shown security video from one resident that appeared to show two people leaving a home on the street and then getting into a pickup truck. As they step into the vehicle, the video shows a person suddenly run at their truck from across the street and appears to fire shots into the truck. That person was then seen getting into a vehicle being driven by someone else that then fled the scene.
Police described the suspect vehicle as a dark-coloured SUV.
A Global News crew at the scene saw at least two bullet holes in the window of a pickup truck at the scene where police were investigating.
Police did not say if any arrests have been made.
“This is believed to be a targeted incident and there is no risk to the public,” police said in a news release. “We continue to ask individuals who may have information about this incident to come forward.”
Abdur Rehman lives in the area and described the anxiety he was feeling after hearing of the violence.
“If you hear shots or bullets being fired, that’s always scary,” he said.