A home invasion turned into a double shooting Monday night in the city's North End, and it has people in the community reconsidering Halloween plans for their children.

Police said Tuesday a man and a woman were injured in the shooting, which happened just before 10 p.m. in the 500 block of Flora Avenue.

"I can acknowledge each suffered a gunshot wound to the lower extremity, the lower body, and both were transported to hospital in stable condition," Const. Eric Hofley told CBC News.

Officers were at the scene late Monday night and early Tuesday morning.

Police remain at the scene of a double shooting in the 500 block of Flora Avenue early Tuesday morning. (Meaghan Ketcheson/CBC) It appears that several people were in the home when a number of males went in, police said. Shots were fired and the suspects ran away.

Police are looking for suspects, but did not specify how many people they're looking for, nor did they give any descriptions.

"It's not a common occurrence — which, of course, we are all thankful for — but unfortunately, these types of incidents do occur," Hofley said.

5th anniversary of triple shooting

The shooting comes within days of the fifth anniversary of a triple shooting in the same neighbourhood.

Two people were killed and a 13-year-old girl was seriously injured in separate shootings on Stella Walk, Dufferin Avenue and Boyd Avenue over the course of a few hours in October of 2010. The case remains unsolved.

"I feel like it's not getting better," said Aniesa Persaud, adding the Monday night shooting comes as no surprise.

They're not going to allow that kind of riffraff or that kind of behaviour to rule our lives. - Bill Greenwalt

Persaud has lived in the North End for about a year. In that time, she said it feels like violence has been on the rise.

"I feel like it's worse, I mean, I don't imagine what it could have been like before," said Persaud. "I'm hearing about shootings; Flora's right there! That's five streets down. I heard about a woman getting killed there."

In early October, 20-year-old Selena Keeper was found bleeding to death in the yard of a Flora Avenue home. Ray William Everett, 20, was charged with second-degree murder in Keeper's death.

Halloween weekend safety concerns

Persaud said the triple shooting from five years ago, paired with the double shooting on Monday, makes her uneasy about kids walking around the area for Halloween this weekend.

She feels so strongly about it she's planning to take her four-year-old daughter trick-or-treating in Lindenwoods.

Meanwhile, Bill Greenwalt with the Indian and Métis Friendship Centre (IMFC) said he hopes the community continues to remain strong in the face of violence.

"I hope that people would be stronger than that, and I think they are," said Greenwalt. "They're not going to allow that kind of riffraff or that kind of behaviour to ... rule our lives."

The IMFC, located a few blocks from the recent shooting on Flora, is hosting its annual "Safe Halloween" on Saturday. It gives kids the chance to go trick-or-treating indoors.

The organization created the event to restore a sense of safety following the 2010 triple shooting.

"Six years ago you didn't see anybody leaving their personal property out in the yards. Today you see kids' toys are out, the barbecues are out," said Greenwalt.

While Greenwalt said he is sad and disappointed police haven't been able to close the five-year-old case, he is grateful to see more police on the streets.

Safe Halloween runs from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. and is still taking donations from the public.

Anyone with information about the Monday night incident or the suspects in the home invasion is asked to call investigators at (204) 986-6219 or Crime Stoppers at (204) 786-TIPS (8477).