Ottawa police are investigating after two people were shot — including one woman who was asleep in her bed at the time — in two different incidents early Saturday morning.

The first shooting happened at around 1:20 a.m., when patrol officers responded to an "altercation" in the 1400 block of Station Boulevard near the Ottawa Hospital, said the Ottawa Police Service.

A male was shot in the back during the street-level fight and suffered minor, non-life-threatening injuries, said police.

Several people were seen fleeing the scene in a beige vehicle, police said.

Sleeping woman shot in foot

Then at around 4:20 a.m., officers were called to an east Ottawa apartment complex in the 100 block of Appleton Drive after a bullet pierced one woman's apartment and struck her in the foot while she slept.

The shot came from another apartment suite, and the woman was completely unknown to the shooter, police said.

One male was taken into custody and police are still seeking two other people.

The woman's injuries were not life threatening, police said.

2nd, 3rd shootings in December

While the city experienced 11 shootings in November, this month has been comparatively quiet.

The Saturday morning shootings were the second and third incidents of December, after a 23-year-old man was shot several times last Sunday in the Beacon Hill South neighbourhood.

Anyone with information regarding either of Saturday's shootings can call the police's guns and gangs unit at 613-236-1222, ext. 5050, or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 613-233-8477 (TIPS) or 1-800-222-8477.