A bouncer was sent to the hospital Friday night after he was shot in the back outside a bar in Dartmouth.
Halifax Regional Police say the shooting happened outside the Ship Victory Bar on Windmill Road just before midnight.
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Police believe the bouncer encountered “a number of” men smashing a vehicle.
“As [the bouncer] heard gunshots and attempted leave he was shot in the back,” police said in a news release Saturday morning.
The victim was sent to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries and was later released.
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Police say the suspect descriptions at this point are only that they were black males, and they fled the area immediately after the incident.
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