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2 people seriously injured in Cowansville shooting

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2 people hospitalized after shooting in Cowansville
WATCH ABOVE: A shooting has left 2 people seriously injured in a Cowansville apartment complex – May 1, 2017

A shooting in Cowansville, in the Eastern Townships, has left a 26-year-old woman and 30-year-old man in hospital.

The Sûreté du Québec (SQ) was called around 7 p.m. Sunday about shots that had been fired in an apartment complex on des Bouleaux Street.

The two were transported to a local hospital with serious injuries, but are expected to survive.

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“The man is currently under police surveillance in hospital,” said SQ spokesperson Audrey-Anne Bilodeau,

“We cannot confirm the relationship of the pair, but only one of the two lived at the address.”

The SQ’s major crimes unit has taken over the investigation.

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