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A 53-year-old woman is hospital following a shooting at Oppenheimer Park in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside on Saturday.

Vancouver police say the woman showed up at a hospital around 3:30 p.m and reported being shot while stopped in a vehicle on Dunlevy Avenue, just west of the park.

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The woman, who lives in Powell River, told police she was visiting a man who lives in the homeless encampment in Oppenheimer Park.

VPD spokesman Sgt. Steve Addison said the woman had surgery Saturday and her injuries are not life-threatening.

“There have been no arrests and we’re still working to determine exactly what happened, including whether this was random or targeted,” Addison said.

The woman’s name has not been released.

West side of the park was cordoned off with police tape on Saturday but police had left the scene by Sunday afternoon.

Vancouver Police have raised concerns in recent months about deteriorating public safety in the park and throughout the DTES as a result of the large encampment in the park