A man was wounded in the leg and a dog was killed in a shooting in West Bay early Thursday morning.
Police and other emergency services were dispatched to a report of several shots fired at an address in the Birch Tree Hill area shortly before 12:15am.
During the shooting, a man at the address sustained a gunshot wound to his leg and was transported by private vehicle to hospital where he was treated for a non-life-threatening injury.
A dog in the yard was also shot and killed, police said.
The Firearms Response Unit attended the scene and after carrying out a search of the area, declared it safe for investigators to process, the RCIPS said in a statement.
The shooting is being investigated by the Criminal Investigations Department.
This was the fourth recent firearm-related incident, with three others happening in the space of 24 hours last weekend.
In the most serious of those shootings, a man received multiple gunshot wounds in a shootout on West Bay Road, near Lime Tree Bay, West Bay, around 4am Saturday.
No suspects have been detained in relation to that incident.
Anyone with information is encouraged to call the West Bay Police Station at 949-3999 or they can provide anonymous tips to the RCIPS confidential tip line at 949-7777, or via the police website.
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