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Charges laid in shooting that followed party at North End Winnipeg home

Winnipeg police have laid charges in the shooting of a 19-year-old man following a party at a home on Flora Avenue Thursday. Jeremy Desrochers / Global News

A man is charged after a shooting sent another man to hospital in the North End last week.

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Police were called to a home in the 400 block of Flora Avenue around 8:30 a.m. Thursday where a 19-year-old man was found suffering from what police all “a severe” gunshot wound.

The man was rushed to hospital in unstable condition where he remains in stable condition.

A suspect was later taken into custody at a home in the 700 block of Stella Avenue.

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Police say the shooting came after a party at the home on Flora Avenue turned violent.

They say the suspect was been at the party when he became upset and fired several shots into a ceiling in the home with a gun.

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Investigators say other party-goers were able to hide the gun, which made the suspect more angry. They say he threatened to kill a woman before finding the gun and leaving the home. They say no one called police at that time.

The man returned hours later and shot the 19-year-old man before fleeing the scene, according to police.

Paul Lee Campbell, 22, is facing a number of charges including aggravated assault, uttering threats and two counts of possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose.

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