Yukon woman speaks out after gunshots fired in Whitehorse neighbourhood

A Yukonwoman is speaking out about violence in Whitehorseafter a condo unit adjacent to her children'shome was peppered with gunfire.

RCMPwere called to a condominium complex off Range Road North early Thursday morning to respond to a car fire. While there, they also discovered gunshots had been fired into one of the units.

Nobody was hurt, but police say there were people inside at the time. Residents of theunit refused an interview withCBC, but said they have no enemies and don't know why their home wasshot at.

"You bet I'm angry," said Gwen Lanatk Wally, whose adult daughter and teenage sonlive nearby in the same complex."This kind of thing has got to stop."

"Everytime we hear about something like this, we hear about it the day afterand it getsswept away and nobody says anything.But the time to start saying something is now."

Whitehorse RCMP have launched a major investigation into the shooting, with itsGeneral Investigation Section andForensic IdentificationServices involved. Police said on Thursday that the investigation was still in the preliminary stages.

Wally is calling on officials to tackle what she sees as a growing problem in the city.

"In all my years, I've never seen violence at this scale," she said. "It's like the big cities are coming on up."

"We need to start getting our people, on our government levels, all levels, to start doing something about it, putting resources in places," Wally said. "Never mind trying to make a big election issue out of this kind of stuff, because this is hurting everyday grassroots people."