Ottawa police investigating double shooting on Parkdale Avenue
Ottawa police are investigating a double shooting in the area of Parkdale and Burnside Avenues, CBC News has learned.
Paramedics say they transported two men — 25 and 54 years old — in critical condition to the Civic campus of The Ottawa Hospital around 5:45 p.m. Wednesday night. Both were suffering from gunshot wounds.
Ottawa police closed off Parkdale Avenue from Lyndale Avenue to Emmerson Avenue shortly after 5:30 p.m. The streets reopened just before 9:30 p.m.
Police did not confirm there had been a shooting, but did say the guns and gangs unit has taken the lead on the incident.
There is no risk to the public at this time, police said.