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A man shot twice in the back in what police are investigating as a gang-related shooting in Ottawa’s troubled Ritchie Street area remained in hospital Sunday night in critical condition.

Police said that at just after 4 p.m. Saturday people in the Britannia Bay neighbourhood reported hearing gunshots in a housing development off Ritchie Street and seeing a dark-coloured vehicle speed away.

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A man who identified himself only as Mike said he was walking his dog near an apartment building on Doane Street, north of Carling Avenue, when he heard two gunshots and saw a man on the ground yelling for help.

Mike said he immediately called 911. He said he didn’t see the shooter, who he thinks was obstructed by the apartment building.

“I didn’t see it, because it happened so quickly,” he said. “I called 911 and then I waited for the police to come, and then I went in the house.”

Police had initially said a man who “collapsed at the scene” was taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.