Police are investigating a pair of shootings in the Dartmouth and North Preston areas on Canada Day night.
Halifax District RCMP were first called just before 9 p.m. Friday night to a report of a shooting on Amos Walter Drive in North Preston.
“Police learned a 24-year-old man incurred a non-life threatening injury and (the) outside of a residence was damaged,” RCMP wrote in a news release.
The investigation is being handled by the Halifax Regional Police/RCMP Guns and Gangs Unit of the Criminal Investigation Division.
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About an hour later, Halifax Regional Police received a call about gun shots in the area of Canso Lane in Dartmouth.
“Officers responded to the area and located a crime scene,” police said in a news release.
No one was injured and there was no “suspect information” available.
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Anyone with information is asked to call 902-490-5020 or submit a tip anonymously through Crime Stoppers.
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