Prince George RCMP are investigating two separate incidents of gunshots that occurred less than twelve hours a part in the city.
Shortly after 6 p.m. on Tuesday, March 1 police received a report of gunshots heard on the 2100 block of Upland Street.
Frontline police arrived on scene and confirmed that shots were fired. At this time, no victims have been located.
Police reviewed video surveillance, which showed a small red car leaving the area at the time of the shots. A vehicle matching its description was located a short distance away by police and the occupants of the vehicle, who are known to police, were arrested for careless use of a firearm.
Police towed the vehicle to collect further evidence and released the suspects pending results of the investigation.
The second report of gunshots occurred just before 6 a.m. the following day, March 2.
Police attended a commercial dwelling unit on the 1600 block of Queensway and located one victim suffering from what appeared to be a gunshot wound.
Emergency Health Services transported the man to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries and police remained on scene while they collected further evidence from the area.
The RCMP says the victim was also known to police.
These investigations are both in the preliminary stages but currently do not seem related. These appear to be targeted events and we do not believe there to be any further risk to the public, states Cpl. Jennifer Cooper, media spokesperson for the Prince George RCMP.
However, police are asking for anyone with surveillance video or dashcam footage from the 2100 block of Upland Street around 6 p.m. on March 1 or from the 1600 block of Queensway around 5:30 a.m. on March 2 to contact an investigator by calling 250-561-3300 and quoting file numbers 2022-7074 and 2022-7120.
If you have any information about this or any other criminal offence you can also anonymously contact Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or online at www.northernbccrimestoppers.ca.
