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Four homes in Lower Sackville hit by stray bullets in daylight shooting
WATCH: RCMP are asking witnesses to come forward after a shooting in a Lower Sackville neighbourhood in broad daylight. Four homes were hit by bullets and none of them was the intended target. Steve Silva speaks to one homeowner – Feb 13, 2018
A Lower Sackville, N.S. neighbourhood was rocked by a daylight shooting that left a stray bullet in one person’s couch and another bullet in someone’s closet — neither of whom were the intended target.
Richard Butler’s home was one of four houses on Sunnyvale Crescent that was hit by stray bullets on Monday. He says the shots were so loud, the vibrations shook his house and that the shooting was “rapid fire.”
“There was a large bang and racket noise and something fell in the closet. And when I came out to the living room to ask my wife what happened, there were seven or eight shots fired right in front of our driveway,” he said.
RCMP released this map showing the homes that were struck by stray bullets.
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Witnesses, including one who spoke to Global News, said that after the shootings, they saw a black vehicle speed away on Beaver Bank Road and a white Honda CR-V that speed off toward Hillsdale Crescent.
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Police say witnesses told them the driver of the CR-V had a handgun and was wearing white gloves and dark clothing. He’s described as white, between 25 and 30 years old, with a thin build. The passenger in his vehicle was a white female in her twenties, wearing a black coat with fur on the hood.
RCMP believe the intended target was in the black vehicle.
According to police, the vehicle left the scene of the shooting and turned right onto Beaver Bank Road, where it did not stop at a stop sign and nearly collided with another car that had been travelling south. Police would like to speak to the people in that vehicle.
RCMP released this surveillance photo of the black vehicle that they believe was the intended target and a possible witness vehicle.
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RCMP are also asking anyone else with information to call the General Investigation Section (GIS) of the Integrated Criminal Investigation Division at (902) 490-5020.
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“I want to assure residents our members are actively working this investigation in the hope of identifying the persons responsible for this shooting. We need anyone to come forward who may have seen anything out of the ordinary leading up to the shooting or after it occurred,” said O’Blenis.
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