One man has been arrested and a loaded gun seized after shots rang out in southeast London early Wednesday.
London police responded to a 911 call about gunfire in the area of Meadowgate Boulevard and Commissioners Road East around 4:50 a.m. Officers arrested a man at the scene and seized a loaded firearm.
Nobody was injured and no property damage was found, police said.
At this point no charges have been laid.
“The investigation is in its early stages and two suspects are outstanding,” police said.
The first suspect is described as a White man, approximately 40-years-old, with a medium build, bald or shaved head. He was wearing a black sweater. The second suspect was a tall, White man with a thin build. He was wearing a white or grey hoodie, white toque, and blue jeans.
Anyone with information is asked to call police at 519-661-5670 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).
This is the sixth case of gunfire in London so far this year. A 24-year-old man was charged after shots were fired outside of a home on Whitney Street southeast of the intersection of Dundas and Second streets last Thursday afternoon. A replica gun was seized.
Last Wednesday, shots were fired on Shelborne Street, northwest of Commissioners Road and Highbury Avenue. No one was hurt, but police found evidence of gunplay. A day earlier, a man was found suffering from a gunshot wound outside of a home on Langmuir Drive. He was taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
In a targeted attack, two men were shot at in the parking lot of a plaza at Fanshawe and Hyde Park roads on February 17. An 18-year-old London man has been charged by way of warrant in that case. A person was shot in a violent armed robbery at London Gold Buyer in January. Four men from the Toronto area face several charges in relation to the incident.
