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A man was taken to hospital with minor injuries after a shooting in Burnaby Thursday morning.

Burnaby RCMP say officers were called to the 5500 block of Patterson Avenue just after 5 a.m. for reports of a home invasion.

Officers arrived to find a 31-year-old man with a gunshot wound, police said.

“The information we have right now is that the actual person that called this file in was not the victim, it was called in by a neighbour that heard a commotion,” said Cpl. Mike Kalanj.

Investigators say the incident appears targeted, and believe it is unrelated to other violent incidents in the city this month.

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No suspect has been identified, and police say the victim is known to them.

“At this point in time we don’t even have a description of the suspect, so I can’t even tell you if they know each other.”

Police are appealing for witnesses to come forward, and are asking anyone with dashcam video shot in the area between 4:45 a.m. and 5:30 a.m. to submit it to police.

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