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Police hunt for suspects after double shooting

Winnipeg police on Langside Street. Jeremy Desrochers

A man and woman were shot and police scrambling to find a gunman still on the loose in a central Winnipeg neighbourhood Tuesday afternoon.

It happened at about 4:15 Tuesday in the Spence neighbourhood.

By late Tuesday officers confirmed that a shooting had taken place and that no arrests had been made.

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But sources say a man was shot and critically injured, and a woman was shot and suffered less serious injuries. Witnesses saw the woman being carried by paramedics to a waiting ambulance.

Paramedics were performing CPR on the male victim as he was rushed to hospital.

Police officers and a police dog searched streets and back lanes in the area for suspects. Several people were seen running from the scene of the shooting.

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There was no word from police what may have motivated the shooting.

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