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Ottawa police investigating double shooting on Parkdale Avenue

Ottawa police closed off Parkdale Avenue from Lyndale Avenue to Emmerson Avenue from approximately 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. Wednesday night.  (Olivier Plante/CBC - image credit)
Ottawa police closed off Parkdale Avenue from Lyndale Avenue to Emmerson Avenue from approximately 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. Wednesday night. (Olivier Plante/CBC - image credit)

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.