A 19-year-old Quebec man has been arrested in connection to a shooting in Peterborough that seriously injured another man.
On July 11, Peterborough police responded to a 9-1-1 call about a shooting at a residence in the Dalhousie Street and Stewart Street area. A male victim was taken to Peterborough Regional Health Centre, and then flown by helicopter to a hospital in Toronto.
On Thursday (July 28), Montreal police acting on a Canada-wide warrant arrested a 19-year-old man from Quebec who was wanted in connection to the shooting.
The man has been charged with attempted murder, unauthorized possession of a firearm, possession of a prohibited firearm, robbery using a firearm, possession of a firearm contrary to prohibition order, possession of a weapon for a dangerous person, pointing a firearm, discharging a firearm with intent, knowledge of unauthorized possession of a firearm, and six counts of failing to comply with a release order.
The accused man was remanded into custody and returned to Ontario by Peterborough police.
The July 11th shooting incident followed one on July 2 on Park Street North near Sherbrooke Street that resulted in the death of 37-year-old Shawn Singh of Peterborough and the city’s second homicide of the year.
