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Man dies after being dropped off at hospital with gunshot wound: Calgary police

Calgary police arrive at the Peter Lougheed Centre on Friday, Oct. 16, 2020. Global News

The Calgary Police Service Homicide Unit is investigating after a man who was dropped off at the Peter Lougheed Centre with a gunshot wound on Friday night died of his injuries.

Officers were told about the man’s arrival at the hospital at 9:04 p.m.

Police said the victim was in his 20s.

Several witnesses have been interviewed, but investigators still don’t know the exact location where the shooting took place, a CPS spokesperson told Global News. ​

Officers had an intersection in the northeast cordoned off as an area of interest in the investigation.

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If you have video or saw any suspicious activity in the area of 84 Street and McKnight Blvd N.E. on Friday between 8 p.m. and 9 p.m., police ask that you come forward by calling the CPS homicide tip line at 403-428-8877, the CPS non-emergency line at 403-266-1234 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.

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Police said they do not know who dropped the man off or who shot him, calling it a suspicious death.

An autopsy is scheduled for Monday, Oct. 19.

– With files from Global News’ Phil Heidenreich

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