WEAPONS INVESTIGATION 22-120064

WEAPONS INVESTIGATION
Seeking assistance from the public 

LONDON, ON (December 21, 2022) – Members of the London Police Service Major Crime Section are investigating after being notified that a man attended the hospital with an apparent gunshot wound early Monday morning.

On Monday, December 19, 2022, at approximately 9:45 a.m., police responded to the hospital in relation to a weapons investigation. A man had arrived in the hospital with a gunshot wound from an overnight incident that was said to have taken place outside residences in the 300-block of Hilton Avenue. 

Between 2 – 3 a.m., on December 19, the victim allegedly approached two unknown men outside a residence, when one of the men produced a firearm. The victim was shot by the man and suffered minor injuries. He attended the hospital the following morning.

The investigation has been reassigned to members of our Major Crime Section and is ongoing.

Anyone with information in relation to this incident is asked to call the London Police Service at (519) 661-5670 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477). Information can also be sent in online anonymously to London Elgin Middlesex Crime Stoppers.

For media inquiries, contact:

Cst. Sandasha Bough
Media Relations Officer
C. 519-854-8576
Email. Media Officer

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