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Driver Injured After Shooting, Crash In Abbotsford, B.C.

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 23 Jul, 2016 01:24 PM
  • Driver Injured After Shooting, Crash In Abbotsford, B.C.
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. — A 23-year-old man is in hospital following a shooting in Abbotsford, B.C., early Saturday morning.
 
Abbotsford Police say they received reports of shots fired and a single vehicle crash just after 2 a.m.
 
On Saturday, July 23, 2016 at 2:10 am the Abbotsford Police Department received several 911 calls reporting both shots fired and a single vehicle crash in the area of Blue Jay Street and Cardinal Avenue. 
 
APD Patrol Division officers and Emergency Response Team members arrived on scene and located a 23-year-old man inside a Cadillac Escalade with gunshot wounds. 
 
The man was transported to hospital where he remains and is receiving treatment for serious injuries. APD Major Crime detectives, Forensic Identification Unit members, Collision Reconstructionists and Patrol Division members continue to investigate and roads in the area will be closed for several hours. The public is being asked to use alternate routes.es.
 
Investigators are asking anyone with information to contact Abbotsford Police or Crime Stoppers.
 
Anyone with information about this incident should contact the Abbotsford Police Department at 604-859-5225 or text us at 222973 (abbypd) or call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.

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