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Man shot after confrontation on Hamilton east Mountain

Hamilton police are investigating a shooting on the east Mountain. File / Hamilton Police Service

Hamilton police are investigating after a man was shot on the east Mountain.

At around 11 p.m. on Saturday night, police were called to the area of Crockett Street and Upper Sherman Avenue for a report of two men arguing on the street.

Shortly after, police received information that there were possible shots fired in the area.

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Arriving on the scene, officers didn’t immediately find anyone, but after searching the area, police found a man in his early 20s behind a building suffering from a gunshot wound to the abdomen.

He was taken to hospital, where it was determined that his injuries were non-life threatening.

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Police say the victim isn’t cooperating with police and they believe the man’s injuries were a result of the confrontation overheard between the two men on the street.

Anyone who may have witnessed the incident is asked to contact police with any additional information.

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