WINNIPEG -- Winnipeg police are investigating after a vehicle was shot at in a mall parking lot Sunday afternoon.
Police said the incident occurred at approximately 2:50 p.m. in the parking lot of CF Polo Park. Officers attended the scene and determined a parked vehicle had been shot at.
“There was nobody injured,” said Constable Ron Carver with the Winnipeg Police Service. “We believe as this investigation unfolded that it is not entirely random.”
Carver added, “I can tell you that there was a number of people associated to the vehicle, at this point we’re not talking about whether or not they were actually in the vehicle or not.”
A large police presence could be seen on Sunday, with multiple police cars and police tape blocking a section of the parking lot.
Retail stores recently reopened in the mall as part of the first phase of the province’s Restoring Safe Services plan.
Peter Havens, general manager of CF Polo Park said he was surprised to hear of the shooting.
“My care and concern is for our staff, our customers, and our tenants first and foremost and I was very relieved to hear that there was none of those people involved,” he said.
Several shoppers we spoke with on Monday said the shooting won’t keep them away from the mall, but added it left them concerned.
“It made me feel a little eerie coming here today, because I usually park my car anywhere and just walk to wherever I’m going,” said Mary-Anne Peters.
“Not good, not good at all,” said Randy Cramer. “I don’t know what’s going on.”
Carver said the incident is terrifying for people in the area or hearing about it but adds it should not deter people from going out to the mall.
“Random acts are just those, random acts and it shouldn’t really alter people’s behaviour other than you need to be aware of your surroundings,” he said.
Anyone with information on the incident is asked to call police at 204-986-6219 or Crime Stoppers at 204-786-8477.
-With files from CTV's Charles Lefebvre, Danton Unger and Jeremie Charron.
