Langside Street house pockmarked with bullet holes after mid-morning gunfire

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A home in the 500 block of Langside Street was left riddled with bullet holes after a shooting Tuesday morning.

Officers responded to reports of gunfire on the Spence neighbourhood street at about 9 a.m., Winnipeg Police Service Const. Dani McKinnon said via email.

No injuries were reported, no arrests have been made and the major crimes unit is leading the investigation, she said.

Neighbours in the area said they have become accustomed to the sound of gunfire and live in fear of gang- and drug-related violence.

“It’s nothing new, but it still makes it very scary…. When that happens, you don’t even want to look out the window,” said a woman who lives nearby. “You never know what can happen with stray bullets.”

The woman and her husband awoke at about 9 a.m. to a barrage of gunfire, estimating at least 10 shots were fired. Both asked to withhold their names from publication, expressing safety concerns.

Police were at the scene for much of the day and cordoned off a portion of the street with caution tape.

The woman said investigators were talking to potential witnesses in the area when somebody drove by in a car and shouted, “Don’t be a rat!”

The term is a pejorative used to describe a person who provides information to police.

By 4 p.m., the tape had been removed and three men were removing broken glass from the doorsteps of a two-storey home that was struck several times.

Bullet holes peppered the home’s windows and stucco facade on both floors.

WPS data shows the Spence neighbourhood experienced 175 reported violent crimes between December 2021 and November 2022.

The number made the area among the most dangerous in the city that year, behind only South Point Douglas and Central Park.

The data is the latest available.

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