Canadian police have said there are several victims after a shooting in the country’s west apparently targeting homeless people.
Pictures from the scene have shown at least one police vehicles riddled with bullets following an apparent shoot out.
At 6.15am local time emergency alerts were sent out to residents in the city of Langley, British Columbia, waring of “multiple shooting scenes”.
There were said to be several shooting incidents in the city centre of Langley and another in a suburb close by.
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) reported that police said homeless people were specifically targeted in the attack. There has been reports of at least one death but that information is still being confirmed.
Reuters reported the Royal Canadian Mounted Police as saying there were several victims but it wasn’t clear what that meant in terms of any deaths.
“We do have a male suspect in custody. However, we are ruling out any other outstanding individuals before we stand the emergency alert down,” Sergeant Rebecca Parslow told the CBC.
The alert described the man as white with dark hair wearing brown Carhartt branded overalls and a clue and green camouflage T-shirt with a red logo on the sleeve.
Police advised people to say away from Langley’s CBD, which is located 47km south east of Vancouver.
The US Sun has reported that several people were gunned down in the street.
Canada has stricter firearms laws in place and far fewer shooting the United States.
Originally published as ‘Several victims’ in shooting targeted at homeless people in Langley, Canada
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