Police are investigating after a woman was shot with a 3D-printed firearm in East Preston, N.S., on Sunday evening.
In a release, the RCMP said officers responded to a 911 call around 10 p.m. from a woman who said she had just been shot at a property on Highway 7 in East Preston.
Paramedics then transferred the 20-year-old woman from Cole Harbour to a hospital.
“RCMP officers learned that the woman was in a garage on the property, when she heard a loud bang and suffered non-life-threatening gun shot wounds,” the release said.
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Four individuals were detained and a 20-year-old man from Dartmouth was arrested for obstructing a police officer, though all parties were later released without charges.
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The next day, police executed a search warrant at the property in East Preston, where they found and seized a 3D-printed firearm and ammunition.
“At this time, investigators believe the firearm was discharged unintentionally,” the release said.
The investigation is being led by the RCMP/HRP integrated criminal investigation division, with assistance from the RCMP forensic identification section.
The release noted that manufacturing a 3D-printed firearm is an offence under the criminal code.
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