Police investigating series of pellet gun drive-bys targeting pedestrians in Abbotsford, B.C.
The Abbotsford Police Department says it received five separate reports of shots fired between 6:20 p.m. and 9:46 p.m. Wednesday, and that one person was injured.
In each case, AbbyPD says, victims described the shots coming from a white SUV, occupied by a group of young men.
Police say the pellet gun shootings were random and appeared to target pedestrians along public roadways.
On Friday, AbbyPD released CCTV footage of the suspect vehicle and images of the suspected driver. They show a person wearing a red shirt driving a white SUV through a parking lot, with the vehicle's window rolled down and the driver pointing a red and white object out the window.
1 person injured
Police say victims said they noticed the vehicle approaching them and either saw the weapon or heard it discharging pellets in their direction.
One person was struck by pellets and sustained a minor injury, according to AbbyPD.
Investigators say the incidents happened at the following locations:
6:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. — Peardonville Road & Emerson Street.
7:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. — Mt. Lehman Road & Sandpiper Drive.
7:15 p.m. to 7:45 p.m. — 3100 block of Mt. Lehman Road.
7:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. — George Ferguson Way & Gladwin Road.
9:30 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. — 32900 block of South Fraser Way.
Police say they are working to determine if the incidents are connected.
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