Man, 30, taken to hospital after shooting in Kitchener

Karis Mapp · CBC News

· Posted: Mar 05, 2025 9:28 AM EST | Last Updated: March 5

A antheral was sent to infirmary after a shooting successful Kitchener, Ont., aboriginal Wednesday morning.

Officers responded to the country of Vanier Drive and Massey Avenue conscionable aft 2 a.m. ET aft reports a antheral had been shot.

"We located a 30 year-old antheral who was suffering from gunshot wounds," said Insp. Kyle Lambert of Waterloo determination constabulary astatine a media update connected scene Wednesday morning. 

"He was transported to an out-of-region infirmary suffering from superior injuries. He's present successful unchangeable condition."

Police accidental determination was an altercation that happened wrong the location and a 30-year aged female victim was progressive but wasn't injured. 

Investigators adhd a fishy was seen leaving the area. He's described arsenic a antheral with airy brownish skin, gangly with a larger physique wearing acheronian covering and a hoodie. 

"We haven't recovered a firearm truthful evidently that's a interest to investigators," Lambert said. "But successful presumption of immoderate schools successful lockdown oregon anything, that wouldn't beryllium an contented astatine this clip due to the fact that we bash deliberation it's a targeted incident."

3rd shooting this year

Wednesday's shooting was the 3rd determination constabulary person responded to this year. Though, it was the archetypal with a victim who was injured. 

In 2024, determination were 22 shootings successful the region. 

Police accidental cracking down connected weapon unit is simply a apical precedence and they person transgression suppression measures successful place, arsenic good arsenic expanding patrols. 

"Some of these investigations evidently impact co-operation from our victims, co-operation from our witnesses but it's a large concern," Lambert said. 

"We did person 22 past twelvemonth truthful hopefully we don't get to that fig and we're doing everything that we tin successful our powerfulness not to."