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A man in his late 20s was in the Civic campus of The Ottawa Hospital on Monday after he was shot in the chest in Ottawa’s 22nd shooting of the year.

Police were called to the Brookfield Road area about 7:30 p.m. Sunday after receiving a report of a shooting a few minutes earlier.

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Police were releasing few details of the incident beyond acknowledging that a man had been shot in the chest and taken to hospital with, in the words of Insp. Carl Cartright, “serious life-threatening injuries.” The man was reported to be 27 years old.

Police cordoned off the parking lot of the Brookfield High School, off Hobson Road near Riverside Drive, overnight and officers canvassed the area for information about the shooting and were seeking possible witnesses.

At the scene, investigators concentrated on a grey Mazda 6 that was the sole vehicle in the school parking lot.

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This shooting follows a mid-July shooting near Coventry Road and Vanier Parkway in which a man in his late 20s was shot twice. He survived.

Last year, there were 49 shootings in Ottawa, prompting police to undertake an anti-gang initiative in hopes of quelling gun violence. The initiative ended at the beginning of July.

Police were asking that anyone with information about this latest shooting contact the major crimes unit at 613-236-1222 ext. 5493 or Crime Stoppers at 613-233-8477 (TIPS) or toll free at 1-800-222-8477.