WRPS warn gun violence on the rise in Waterloo Region [Video]

The Region of Waterloo has already matched the total number of shootings in all of 2023 – and it’s only September.

The Waterloo Regional Police Service said they’ve responded to 18 shootings in the community this year.

The latest happened in Cambridge over the weekend. Officers were called to Elgin Street North and Northview Heights Drive, where they found a 19-year-old man with a non-life-threatening gunshot wound to his leg.

“We do believe that this is a targeted incident,” Const. Chris Iden said.

An area resident, who did not want to be identified for their own safety, told CTV News it happened at a nearby townhome complex.

“I was in my living room and didn’t see anything, then saw the flashing [police] lights,” they said. “It makes people very apprehensive. Very nervous.”

This is the second shooting in the area within the past 18 months.

In February 2023, police responded …