Durham police are searching for a male suspect after a seven-year-old boy was shot in Oshawa.

The shooting happened on Colborne Street, near Simcoe and Bond streets, around 10:40 p.m. on Thursday.

Police believe the gunman was outside a townhouse and a 23-year-old man was in the doorway. The gunman fired twice. One bullet hit the man in the stomach. The other grazed the child.

A witness in the area tells CityNews that she saw a silver, four-door car with tinted windows parked in the parking lot across the street.

A man walked toward the house, the witness said, opened fire, and casually walked away with the gun at his side.

The silver car pulled out of the parking lot and picked him up down the street, she added.

The boy suffered a gunshot wound to the “upper back leg and buttocks area,” police said. He was taken to nearby Lakeridge Health, and is expected to remain in hospital for the next day or two.

The second victim, who is not cooperating with police, suffered non-life threatening injuries and is expected to recover.

The suspect is described as black, in his 20’s, last seen wearing a dark hooded blue or black sweatshirt and grey track pants. He is known to police.

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