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One person has been charged and two more arrested in connection with a shooting that prompted a road closure in Moncton, N.B., on Tuesday afternoon.
RCMP responded to a report of shots fired near the intersection of Main and Weldon streets around 12:45 p.m.
When officers arrived, they found a bullet hole in an office building on Weldon Street.
No one is hurt.
Police secured the area and closed several streets for several hours as they investigated.
Police said the shooting was an isolated incident and there was no threat to the public.
“At that time, the incident did not meet the criteria for an alert ready message,” said Sgt. Matthew Roy with the Kodiak Regional RCMP in a news release.
Around 4:45 that evening, police arrested a 51-year-old man from Grand-Barachois, NB, and a 32-year-old woman from Moncton on Dieppe Boulevard in Dieppe.
Both the man and woman were released on conditions and are due to appear in Moncton Provincial Court on February 17, 2023.
Police arrested a 40-year-old man from Moncton at a home on Savoy Street around 3:15pm on Wednesday.
Jason Mark McGraw has been charged with reckless use of a firearm, reckless discharge of a firearm and unlawful concealment.
He was arraigned in Moncton Provincial Court on Thursday and remanded. He will return to the court at 1.30 pm on Monday to consider the bail application.
The RCMP said the investigation into the incident is ongoing. Anyone with information is asked to contact Kodiak Regional RCMP at 506-857-2400 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).
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