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Victim of Sunday’s shooting dies, Waterloo police now investigating homicide

Crime scene tape in file photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graeme Roy

An investigation into a shooting Sunday night in Kitchener is now being treated as a homicide.

Waterloo Regional Police found a man with a gunshot wound at a home in the area of Wellington Street North and St. Leger Street around 9:15 p.m.

Investigators say the victim was taken to an out-of-region hospital and later died from his injuries.

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He has been identified as 47-year-old Frederick Pfeiffer of Cambridge.

Investigators with the major crimes unit say this was a targeted incident.

Members of the general investigations unit and forensic identification team are assisting in the investigation.

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Anyone with information can contact Waterloo Regional Police at 519-570-9777 ext. 8191 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.

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