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Shots fired on a quiet street in Tuxedo Park Sunday afternoon left one man in hospital suffering from a gunshot wound to the chest.

Calgary police swarmed the scene, taping the entire 200 block of Centre Street N – including the 7-Eleven on the street corner – off with caution tape.

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Brent Smith said the shooting happened right in front of his house while his wife Amanda was outside. Smith had been down the street getting a massage, and was talking to his wife on the phone when the incident occurred.

“She heard this pop-pop – we thought it was a car backfiring,” he said. “All of a sudden she saw this guy running her way, and I ran home to see if she was OK.”

More than 10 police vehicles barricaded the block, and HAWCS helicopters could be seen overhead searching for suspects in the shooting. An officer carrying a rifle patrolled the 7-Eleven parking lot, while police canine units trolled the alleys. All the while neighbours and passersby were busy snapping photos and exchanging worried glances; Sunday’s incident comes less than a week after Calgary father Tim Voytilla was shot to death just a few blocks away.

Paramedics arrived on scene around 5 p.m. Sunday and rushed the victim to hospital in life-threatening condition. His condition has since been upgraded to stable, non-life-threatening. Police are not releasing the victim’s name or age, and did not provide comment on whether any suspects have been taken in to custody.