Durham Regional Police are investigating six shootings in the past week that have left homes with bullet holes and residents shaken. Incidents include gunshots fired into a housing complex in Oshawa, with a bullet found near a 12-year-old girl's bed, and a bullet striking a Whitby resident's house. While no injuries have been reported, the surge in violence has left residents concerned for their safety.
Durham Region al Police say they are investigating six shootings in the past week that have left homes with bullet holes and residents shaken.Whitby resident Elaine Watson says a bullet hole was left in the side of her house after a shooting early Thursday. Elaine Watson was in bed Thursday, when she a series of bangs outside her Whitby, Ont., home.
Watson said she jumped of her bed when she heard the noise and ran to the window. She couldn't see anything, but a bullet had hit the side of her home. In a post on X on Thursday, Durham Regional Police Chief Peter Moreira pledged swift action against gun violence. "This is something that is affecting our communities across the region. This is something we are taking incredibly seriously," Mitchell said.The region has seen 45 shooting incidents so far this year, a 50 per cent increase compared to the same time last year.
In Thursday's incident, gunfire was heard in the area of Haverhill Crescent and Harrongate Place, near Taunton Road and Baldwin Street S., in Whitby. Officers responded to a call about the sound of gunshots at about 1:15 a.mPolice have determined that at least two firearms were used in the shooting because two different types of shell casings were found. Officers found about 20 casings.
Gabby Boileau is the mother of the girl whose room a bullet was found in. While relieved that her daughter was not home at the time, she said she has not been able to process everything that has happened."Had she been here that night and not at her father's, it would have been fatal," she added.
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