EDMONTON – Police are investigating a shooting that happened downtown early Saturday morning.
Around 1:30 a.m. Saturday, officers on foot patrol heard what they believed to be gunfire and ran to the area of 102nd Street and 100th Avenue, where they found a man with a severe head injury laying in the parking lot.
The 21-year-old man was rushed to hospital with life-threatening injuries. After undergoing surgery, he is now in critical but stable condition.
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Meanwhile, officers spent the morning gathering evidence and taking measurements and photographs in a parking lot cordoned off with yellow police tape just south of two nightclubs. Investigators were examining the area around what appeared to be blood in the snowy parking lot.
Police are not releasing any details about possible arrests or suspects at this time. However, based on witness accounts of a car seen leaving the parking lot when the gunshots were heard, police seized an abandoned vehicle which they believe may have been involved in the shooting.
The investigation continues.
More to come…
With files from Slav Kornik, Global News and Postmedia News
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