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Hearing shots ring out in the night has left people living on Edgar Street shocked and frightened.
An 11-year-old girl was injured as a result of a firearms offence, according to the Regina Police Service.
Officers were called to a residence on the 1000 block of Edgar Street shortly after 2 a.m. Police said the victim suffered serious injuries and was taken to hospital.
Preliminary investigation shows multiple gunshots were fired at the residence from outside the residence, said the police in a statement. The investigation is ongoing, but at this time, there appears to be no risk to the public.
Police ask anyone in the area who has video surveillance from the past 24 hours to reach out to RPS investigators.
The RPS requested people living in this area to check their security camera footage and send any information to police. (Regina Police Service)
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Dani Halvorson said she woke up to screaming sirens around 2 a.m. while her partner heard up to 17 gunshots.
She said the pair ran outside and watched paramedics take a girl from a nearby house.
She said crime has been on the rise in the neighbourhood, but it’s never been something like this.
“You hear cop cars … but yeah, a shooting is obviously something fairly new in this area,” Halvorson said.
“To hear multiple gunshots and it’s a young girl, that’s an innocent person in all of this. It’s scary for sure.”
Zarshaid Akbar was originally supposed to drive the girl and his own kids to summer classes being held at a mosque in the city.
Those plans came to a halt when the girl’s father told Akbar she had been shot.
“I’m feeling very sad to hear about this,” he said. “Being a parent, it is not easy to (hear) this.”
Akbar and his wife said they won’t let their kids play in the green space near the house any longer because of this.
— With files from 980 CJME’s Gillian Massie
