3 people taken to hospital after shots fired near Kitchener plaza: WRPS

Police continue to investigate a shooting in Kitchener that sent three people to hospital Monday evening.

Officers responded to multiple reports of gun shots fired in a plaza in the area of Fairway Road S. and Wilson Avenue at around5:40 p.m, Waterloo Regional Police Service said.

Police found one man and two women when they arrived. The man was taken to an out of town hospital in critical condition.

One woman was treated and released from hospital. The second woman remains in hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

Police said an altercation broke out between three men in the plaza parking lot. A fourth man then fired multiple shots, which hit theman and the two women, police said.

It's unclear whether the shooter is known to the other men involved in the altercation, police said. The women are not known to the men involved.

The suspect was seen running behind the plaza toward the LRT tracks. Police said the man was wearing black pants and a black hoody, white socks and a red backpack.

WRPS have set upcommand postin the plaza and willcanvassthe area to gain additional information.

Anyone with information is asked to contact police at 519-570-9777 ext. 8666 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.