Waterloo regional police say proof of gunfire present in McLennan Park in Kitchener is linked to a different capturing within the close by space of Windflower Drive and Windflower Crescent. Each incidents came about Monday evening on Victoria Day.
Individuals who stay within the space say it’s uncommon and scary.
“Monday evening about 10 p.m. as a result of it’s a sizzling day, I open my window – I hear ‘bang-bang’ about twice,” mentioned Thong Vo, who lives within the neighbourhood. “After that I have a look at the sky and thought ‘possibly it is a firecracker’ and after that, I hear nothing.”
Tanay Kashyav additionally heard it. He was taking out the trash on Monday evening round 10:20 p.m. when he mentioned he noticed two males wearing black.
“They shot off one thing that resembled a firework, it did not actually sound like a gun,” mentioned Kashyav.
The sound of fireworks was anticipated on the Victoria Day vacation, so to seek out out what they heard was a gunshot is unsettling for individuals who stay close by.
"I used to be actually actually shocked to listen to that as a result of I’ve lived right here a few years,” mentioned Kashyav. “I by no means heard a gunshot earlier than. I heard fireworks, however by no means heard a gunshot earlier than."
Police automobiles are seen at McLennan Park in Kitchener on Could 24, 2022.
In a media launch, Waterloo regional police mentioned they had been known as to the world of Windflower Drive and Windflower Crescent for a report of injury at a house round 8:15 a.m. on Tuesday.
Inside, officers discovered injury to an inside wall and sofa that was decided to have been brought on by bullets.
Police additionally searched McLennan Park and located proof that a firearm had been discharged there.
Police decided pictures had been fired on the park someday between 10 p.m. on Monday and 12 a.m. on Tuesday as a bunch of individuals set off fireworks.
A short while later, a second set of pictures had been fired at a house within the space of Windflower Drive and Windflower Crescent.
“It’s type of scary and worrying,” mentioned Kashyav.
Vo mentioned he feels “unsafe.”
Police consider the 2 incidents are associated and had been focused shootings.
No accidents have been reported.
Police are asking anybody with data or surveillance footage to contact them.
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