Individual transported to hospital following shooting in Nepean

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An unidentified individual was transported to hospital by paramedics following a shooting in Nepean on Wednesday, the Ottawa Police Service said.

In an online post, police said the person’s gunshot wound was non-life-threatening and added there was “no current concern for public safety.”

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Police remained at the scene in a parking lot near the intersection of Meadowlands Drive and Merivale Road into Wednesday evening.

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Two cars were cordoned off from the busy commercial parking lot by yellow police tape as police investigated. A bloody jacket lay on the hood of a black Toyota sedan.

Shen, an employee at a nearby business who declined to give his last name, citing safety concerns, said he saw paramedics remove a man with blood on his chest from the black Toyota and take him into an ambulance.

“It feels a bit dangerous,” he said. “We’re used to hearing collisions, the traffic, but we’re not used to so many police being around.”

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