Ottawa paramedics say a man is in critical condition after being shot in Lowertown this afternoon.
Emergency crews responded to an address on Murray Street near Beausoleil Drive at 3:45 p.m.
There, they found one man suffering from a gunshot wound. He’s been taken to hospital.
Ottawa police are asking residents to avoid the area for the police investigation. Beausoleil Drive is cloed between Murray and Old St. Patrick streets.
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