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20-year-old man in hospital after Hamilton’s 5th shooting of 2019

Bullet evidence stock photo. Monty Rakusen / Getty Images

Hamilton police are seeking witnesses after the city’s fifth shooting of 2019.

A 20-year-old man is expected to recover after being transported to hospital with a lower-body gunshot wound.

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Police say the incident occurred in the area of Parkdale Avenue North and Roxborough Avenue shortly after midnight Tuesday.

READ MORE: SIU investigating fatal police-involved shooting in Hamilton

They added that the investigation is in its early stages and that the shooting appeared to be targeted.

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