Man shot at shelter taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries

An emergency shelter being set up on the former Sands Hotel site on Fort Road near Yellowhead Trail on December 15, 2023. Known as NiGiNan Housing Ventures. (Jeremy Thompson/CTV News Edmonton)

A man was shot at a shelter in downtown Edmonton late Friday afternoon.

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When officers arrived at Niginan Housing Ventures, a man had been shot, the Edmonton Police Service said.

He was treated by EMS and taken to hospital with serious, non-life threatening injuries.

Investigators are working to determine if the person shot worked at the shelter, EPS told CTV Edmonton.