RCMP in Yarmouth, N.S., are trying to piece together the series of events that led to a 32-year-old man being shot in the rear.
Police say they received a complaint from Regent Street on Thursday evening. The caller told police there were people smashing a parked vehicle, and then gunshots were heard in the area.
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RCMP Cpl. Jennifer Clarke says a man was shot and sustained non-life-threatening injuries.
“We’re trying to put the pieces all together to find out the motivation behind damaging the vehicle and how that person became injured,” she said.
A red pickup truck was identified as a suspect vehicle. An officer spotted the truck, but it sped away from the scene. As a result of police pursuing the truck, two men were spotted on a wooded trail near Regent Street.
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RCMP arrested one of the men, but the second man was able to run away.
At this point, it’s unclear where that red pickup truck is.
Anyone with information about the identity of the people in the red truck is asked to call Yarmouth Rural RCMP at 902-742-9106 or submit a tip anonymously through Crime Stoppers.