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The Ottawa police guns and gangs unit is investigating after a man was injured in a shooting in the early hours of Sunday morning.

Officers were alerted to gunshots outdoors on Rideau Street, in the area near Augusta Street, between 3:30 and 4 a.m. There they discovered several spent shell casings.

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Early Sunday morning, the area leading into the Mingle Room Bar & Lounge at 470 Rideau St. was blocked off by police tape.

The victim was identified when Ottawa Hospital staff alerted police to a man suffering a non-life threatening gunshot wound at about 5 a.m.

No one is currently in police custody.

This marks the 45th shooting of the year.

Anyone with information about this shooting is asked to contact the Guns and Gangs Unit at 613-236-1222 ext. 5050. Anonymous tips can be submitted by calling Crime Stoppers toll-free at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS) or by downloading the Ottawa Police app.