Shots were fired at a Cherry Brook residence early Wednesday morning, marking another shooting in HRM.
Several shots were fired at 4 Apple St. just after midnight. The neighbouring residence at 5 Apple St. was also struck by a stray bullet. A homemade incendiary device — a Molotov Cocktail — was also thrown at the house, but did not cause any damage.
According to police spokesman Cpl. Joe Taplin, four people were in the mobile home at the time of the shooting, and no one was injured. Residents reported hearing a vehicle peel away after the shots were fired.
Residents of 4 Apple St. and several neighbouring homes declined to speak with Metro yesterday.
One neighbour, however, indicated the occupants were new to the street.
Taplin said police are investigating whether the incident is related to two recent shootings in North Preston.
On March 22, several shots were fired at the home of Roger Santrevo Downey on Cain Street. Six days later, shots were fired at the reported home of Marchello Williams.
Downey recently had an attempted murder charge dropped in relation to the shooting of Williams last fall.
“We’ll be looking to see if there’s any relation with this shooting to the other incidents over the past 10 days,” Taplin said. “(But) this one was different, where the (Molotov) cocktail was located in the front lawn.”
Taplin said it appears the incendiary device was lit, but failed to ignite after hitting the house.
Taplin said the recent escalation in violence is troubling to police, especially with bystanders being put in harm’s way.
“We’ve had three incidents and nobody’s been hurt,” Taplin said. “(But) if (4 Apple St.) was the target, well then the next door residence got struck by a bullet as well … somebody’s going to be seriously hurt here, or killed.”
