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2 people in critical condition after reported shooting in northeast Calgary

Calgary police are investigating reports of a shooting in a northeast neighbourhood early on Tuesday morning.

Police are investigating early morning Saddle Ridge incident

The passenger door and left side of a Calgary Police Service car with the word police written in yellow.
The Calgary Police Service responded to reports of a shooting on Saddlelake Green N.E. at 5:45 a.m. Tuesday. (David Bell/CBC)

An injured man and woman were taken to hospital in critical condition on Tuesday morningafter an apparent shooting in northeast Calgary.

The Calgary Police Service (CPS) responded to reports of a shootingin Saddle Ridge at roughly 5:45 a.m. Officers were dispatched to the 0 to 100 block ofSaddlelake Green N.E., where they found the two injured with what appeared to be gunshot woundsat the scene.

Investigators said it is believed the man and woman were exiting their home and entering a carwhen a suspect approached them and fired several shots. The suspect then fled the scene in a car described as a dark-coloured SUV, police added.

CPS said the investigation into the incident is ongoing. The victims' conditions have been upgraded to stable.Police added it believes the event was a targeted incident.