The Codiac RCMP are still investigating an early morning shooting incident outside a Dieppe apartment building where a car had its rear window damaged.

Sgt. Aurele Pelletier told reporters on Thursday afternoon that police expect to be investigating the crime scene for a few more hours.

Pelletier said the police do not have any suspects at this point and are continuing to ask the public for assistance.

The Codiac RCMP responded to a call that gunshots were fired at a vehicle on Gauvin Road at 2:10 a.m. on Thursday.

The police closed a section of Gauvin Road, near the farmers' market, to traffic, early on Thursday morning. The roadblocks were lifted after a few hours.

Pelletier said that when officers arrived in the area, they heard another shot fired but were unable to locate where the shots were coming from.

The police found an unoccupied car in the parking lot of an apartment building.

Shell casings were spotted near a grey vehicle that had a bullet hole in the rear windshield on Thursday morning. (CBC) A grey car that is behind yellow police tape has a bullet hole in the rear window. It appears that the car's passenger side window is also shattered.

Several shell casings were also on the ground near the car.

There are no reports of anyone being injured, according to the police.

John Gendron said he heard a series of loud bangs but when he didn't hear any sirens, he thought it was someone with fireworks.

"You know it's kind of a little nerve-racking with everything that's been going on over in Florida," Gendron said.

"It kind of plays on your mind a bit because Canada doesn't usually have this happen and when it does it kind of wakes you up. It's just the way the world is today."

Nina Gauvin said the police presence around her neighourhood has been "very scary." (Kate Letterick/CBC) Nina Gauvin, who lives near the area, said she heard the shots early on Thursday but she went back to bed.

It was only when she woke up that she realized that people were worried.

"I actually got a text from a lot of people — friends, family — to see if I was OK," she said.

"And then tenants started texting me cause I manage the building and they were concerned of what was going on and I hadn't heard anything."

She said the neighbourhood is fairly quiet so the sudden police presence has been "very scary."

"I have a five year old so you know it's scary to think of what's going on," she said.

"We're in Dieppe, in the heart of Dieppe, and you wake up and see gunshots. It's scary. Very scary."

Codiac RCMP had blocked a section of Gauvin Road in Dieppe but that re-opened at about 7 a.m. (Marie-Hélène Lange/Radio-Canada) Monica Perron said she was woken up by her father after the gunshots. Like Gauvin, Perron said it's been a shock to see all of the police vehicles in the area.

"It's kind of freaky to see the police cars everywhere," she said.

Officers remain on the scene but the police have offered few details about the investigation.

RCMP brought in the police dog to help the investigation.

Pelletier asked the public to be vigilant as the investigation was unfolding.

The RCMP is asking that anyone who may have seen something suspicious in the area between 1 a.m. and 2 a.m. along Gauvin Road to contact them.

Emergency Response Teams were called in on Thursday.