Police respond to reports of shooting near Calgary Drop-In Centre

Posted May 6, 2019 5:29 pm.

Last Updated May 7, 2019 5:59 am.

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CALGARY (660 NEWS) — Calgary police are looking for a man and a woman after a shooting near the Drop-In Centre in the downtown core.

Emergency crews arrived near Riverfront Avenue and 4 Avenue S.E. Monday afternoon where they found a woman in medical distress and rushed her to hospital in serious, but stable condition.

Multiple roads were closed for a couple of hours while police investigated, they included Dermot Baldwin Way and Riverfront Avenue between 4 Avenue and 6 Avenue.

A witness tells 660 NEWS the HAWCS helicopter was circling overhead in Bridgeland.

Anyone with information is asked to contact police.

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