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House sprayed with bullets Abbotsford police are investigating a shooting that took place at approximately 3:30 a.m. Sunday morning in the 2100 block of Meadows Street. Police arrived after reports of gunshots, and discovered that a home on Meadows Street near Dolphin Avenue and a car in the driveway had been hit by several bullets. Police set up a containment area after witnesses reported seeing a man running from the scene. With the assistance of a canine unit police located a suspect, who was taken into custody and questioned. He has been released, and po-
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Bullet holes are clearly visible in a window after a house on Meadows Street was hit with several bullets in a shooting during the early morning hours on Sunday.
lice do not believe he was connected with the shooting. Abbotsford Police Const. Ian MacDonald said a family lives at the home, and
there were people in the house when the shooting took place. The house was in darkness, and the gunman was shooting at the windows.
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Fortunately, nobody was injured, said MacDonald. He said there is no apparent motive for the shooting. – with files from CTVBC
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