Police investigate daylight shooting in Brampton

Police are investigating after a shooting in Brampton sent one person to a trauma centre.

In a tweet, Peel Regional Police said they were called to the area of Bellchase Trail and Highway 50 in Brampton for reports someone had been shot.

The call came at around 3:40 p.m.

“Police arrived and located a man in his 30s lying on the roadway of a residential street suffering from what appeared to be gunshot wounds,” Peel police said.

Police said the suspect or suspects may have fled the scene in a vehicle, but no description is yet available.

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The victim was taken to a trauma centre in Toronto, Peel paramedics told Global News. The person was suffering from potentially life-threatening injuries.

In an update on Sunday, police said his injuries were serious but non-life-threatening.