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Man in Toronto trauma centre after weekend shooting: Barrie police

File photo. Police lights. Matt Rourke / The Associated Press

A Barrie man is in hospital with life-threatening injuries after a shooting in city’s west end over the weekend.

Barrie police say the shooting on the catwalk between Leacock Drive and Kipling Place was reported Saturday just before 10:30 p.m.

Police say the victim was taken to a local hospital and then a Toronto area trauma centre where he is being treated for life-threatening injuries.

Few details are known at this time, but police say the incident involved the victim and a group of other people.

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Barrie police say they don’t believe the suspects and the victim knew each other.

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But police do say they believe it was an isolated incident and there is no threat to public safety.

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