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The Saskatoon Police Service is investigating a shooting that occurred Tuesday night on Eighth Street East.
According to police, officers responded at about 11:15 p.m., to a house in the 800 block of Sixth Street East for a report of an injured person.
When officers arrived, they found a 24-year-old man who had been shot. He subsequently was taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
Further investigation determined the man had been shot while in a parking lot in the 1500 block of Eighth Street East.
Police say the incident wasn’t random in nature.
Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to call the Saskatoon Police Service at 306-975-8300 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.
