Police respond to 3 separate weekend shootings in eastern and central Newfoundland

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· Posted: Apr 07, 2025 1:51 PM EDT | Last Updated: 8 minutes ago

Police were kept busy over the weekend with 3 abstracted incidents of reported weapon unit successful eastbound and cardinal Newfoundland.

On Friday, the RCMP said idiosyncratic fired aggregate shots astatine a location connected Suvla Road successful Grand Falls-Windsor.

Police issued a nationalist alert saying determination was an progressive shooter and asking residents to structure successful place. The RCMP aboriginal lifted that order, saying the incidental was targeted.

Police accidental the suspect is simply a antheral who was wearing a disguise implicit his look and fled the country connected foot. They judge idiosyncratic picked him up successful a conveyance adjacent the area.

No 1 reported immoderate injuries and the RCMP is looking for accusation and surveillance footage from the country of Suvla Road and Monchy Road betwixt 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. NT.

Then connected Saturday, the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary responded to 2 reported shootings successful St. John's.

The archetypal was connected Virginia Place successful the city's eastbound extremity soon earlier 1 p.m. NT.

In a quality merchandise sent Monday, the RNC said officers responded to a study of idiosyncratic firing gunshots astatine a home. No 1 was hurt, and constabulary judge it was a targeted attack.

A fewer hours later, astir 4 p.m. NT, the RNC responded to another report of gunshots, this clip successful the country of Druken Crescent successful Shea Heights.

Officers were capable to corroborate a weapons offence occurred, but determination was nary spot damage.

No 1 reported injuries successful that incident, either, and constabulary are looking for accusation and video footage astir the Druken Crescent, Drugget Place and Linegar Avenue country betwixt 3 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. NT.

The RNC says there's nary accusation to suggest the 2 shootings successful St. John's are connected.

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