A suspected teenager faces a number of charges following a shooting in Oshawa in which a 19-year-old woman was airlifted to a Toronto hospital with serious injuries.
Durham police were called to a home on Normandy Street and Dean Avenue shortly before noon on Wednesday to alert an gunman.
When officers arrived at the residence, police said they found a victim with a gunshot wound.
She was airlifted to a Toronto trauma center with serious but non-life-threatening injuries. Her condition is stable, police said.
Police say the suspect fled the scene and was found and arrested a short distance from home.
The suspect, whose name cannot be named under the Juvenile Criminal Justice Act, is charged with attempted murder, aggravated assault, assault with a weapon, firing a firearm with intent to injure, an unlicensed person possessing a prohibited / restricted weapon and a number of others. crimes related to the alleged shooting.
The suspect has been detained for questioning on bail, police said.
Investigators did not provide other details about the shooting.
Anyone with new information related to the incident is asked to contact a child. Dellipizzi of the Central East Bureau of Criminal Investigation at 1-888-579-1520 ext. 2766 or Crime Stoppers.
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