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No injuries after shots fired in southwest Calgary neighbourhood: police

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No injuries after shots fired in southwest Calgary neighbourhood: police
WATCH: Several people were taken into police custody after shots were fired in a southwest Calgary neighbourhood Sunday morning. Carolyn Kury de Castillo reports – Dec 23, 2018

With a HAWCS helicopter circling above, there was a heavy police presence in southwest Calgary after reports of shots fired in the Bankview neighbourhood  Sunday morning.

Police said no one was injured in the incident.

Residents reported hearing gunshots at around 9:45 a.m. inside an apartment building near the 1600 block of 22 Avenue S.W.

Around a dozen police vehicles converged on the scene and entered the building.

Bullet hole in the Bankview apartment. Courtesy: Patrick Hampton

Patrick Hampton, who lives next door to the suite where the incident happened, said he heard loud knocking on his neighbour’s door which woke him up. He looked through his door’s peephole and said he witnessed a scuffle.

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“Then I heard a couple of pops,” Hamilton said. “Sounded like a low calibre weapon because the pops weren’t that big, but you could definitely tell it was a gunshot.”

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Hampton said he called 911 and then saw one person run out of the apartment. He said police came up to his floor.

“They were in the far stairwell; they had their guns pointed at the door, just waiting,” Hampton said. “They were doing their job securing the area.”

Police said there were “a few people in custody to determine what took place,” and one person of interest is still on the loose.

Residents reported hearing shots fired at around 9:45 a.m. inside an apartment building near the 1600 block of 22 Avenue S.W. in Calgary on Sunday. Global News

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