East End home in Brandon riddled with bullets on Sunday
Two men arrested mere minutes after shooting
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This article was published 25/09/2016 (3396 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
Brandon police have two suspects in custody and are looking for two more after a home was riddled with bullets on Sunday afternoon.
Shortly after 4 p.m., police were called to a residence in the 200 block of Park Street where four men wearing masks broke into a home. Two men watched the front while two accomplices broke in through the back door.
The men were carrying an assault rifle and handgun, according to Staff Sgt. Larry Yanick, but no weapons were fired in the residence.
A man, woman and baby were in the residence, but weren’t harmed and no demands were made nor was anything stolen, however, as police were investigating the call they heard gunfire in the area.
Once outside, officers witnessed a suspicious vehicle which appeared to be racing away from the direction the gunshots were heard coming from.
Police stopped the vehicle in the back lane of the 200 block between Dennis and Russell Streets. Two men fled on foot and police were able to arrest them nearby.
An assault rifle and handgun were located on the ground in the directions the men fled.
Police believe the men were fleeing from a home in the 200 block of Lorne Ave. East.
That home had 30 rounds fired at it. Two of the bullets entered the home, while the remainder embedded in the exterior walls.
Police haven’t ruled out the possibility that the shooting is linked to recent violence in the city.
Two Brandon men — 28 and 30 years old — are in custody and facing multiple weapons charges.
Yanick said the shooting is not random and it appears the home was targeted.
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