Police arrest pair in downtown shooting

Two men have been arrested and charged in connection to a downtown shooting in March, Winnipeg police said in a Wednesday news release.

Police were called to the 200 block of Portage Avenue on March 8 around 3:45 a.m. for reports of gunshots. Two women and one man were in a parked vehicle downtown when two men approached and fired multiple shots into the vehicle, police say. One person was injured from shattered glass, but no one was shot.

Officers executed a search warrant on home on the 200 block of Johnson Avenue on June 23 and arrested one suspect. The second suspect was arrested later that day on the 1600 block of Regent Avenue West.

The men, aged 32 and 36, are facing various firearms and weapons charges. They have been detained in custody.