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Two men shot on Ross Avenue

By: Staff Writer

5/07/2009 11:34 AM | Comments: 5

WINNIPEG--Two men were shot just after 3 a.m. today in the 500 block of Ross Avenue, police report.
A 22-year-old man was taken to hospital in critical condition with gunshot wounds to his upper body. A 23-year-old acquaintance was treated in hospital for non-life threatening wounds.
Police said two groups of two males became involved in a verbal dispute that ended with the shooting.
No arrests has been made.
The shooting is not believed to be connected to a shooting about 12 hours earlier on Redwood Avenue, police said.
On Saturday afternoon, an 18-year-old male was shot several times outside a convenience store on Redwood Ave. The man remains in critical but stable condition in hospital.

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5 Comments

Posted by: Kevin

July 6, 2009 at 8:57 AM

Gee, the gun registry is really working. Only criminals and cops are allowed to have guns. Lets have a knife registry for all the stabbings too. Oh and baseball bat, crowbar and screwdriver registries too. Then only criminals will have them.