Calgary

Marlborough Park shooting tied to gang and drug activity

The guns and gangs unit of the Calgary Police Service is investigating a drug-related shooting in the northeast community of Marlborough Park on Wednesday. One man is in hospital.

1 taken to hospital in non-life threatening condition

Calgary police responded to reports of gunshots in Marlborough Park on Wednesday night. (Mike Symington/CBC)

The victim of Calgary's most recent shooting is believed to have ties to the city's drug trade and refuses to co-operate with police.

Police responded to reports of multiple gun shots in Marlborough Park on Wednesday night and found one man who was taken to hospital with minor injuries.

Staff Sgt Quinn Jacques is with the guns and gangs unit of the Calgary Police Service (CBC)

It's the most recent shooting in a string of gun violence on Calgary streets and investigators are frustrated.

"These people are so irresponsible and evil they'd shoot one another in a residential area," said Staff Sgt. Quinn Jacques with the guns and gangs unit. "We're doing everything we can to stop it."

A resident, who didn't want to be identified, said she heard five gunshots at about 9 p.m. Wednesday.

She says it "was terrifying to have this happen" in her community.

A dark SUV left the scene at Madeira Road and was located shortly after along with another vehicle parked side-by-side at a nearby Calgary Co-op grocery story. 

Calgary police are looking for a blue BMW X5.

Investigators say the injured man was in a vehicle parked in a driveway when he was hit.