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'Help me': Woman hears gunshots, then man call out in Winnipeg's West End

A man is in critical condition after what appears to have been a targeted shooting in Winnipeg's West End on Sunday night.

36-year-old man in hospital in critical condition with injuries to upper body, police say

Police have an alley blocked off behind the Safeway store on Sargent Avenue. (Meaghan Ketcheson/CBC)

A man isin critical condition after what appears to have been a targeted shooting in Winnipeg's West End on Sunday night.

The 36-year-old man haswounds to his upper body, police said.

Officers were called at 9:50 p.m. to the alley betweenSherbrookand Maryland streetsnear the Safewaystore on Sargent Avenue.

"At this stage in the investigation, the shooting does not appear to be random,"Winnipeg police said in anews release Monday.

A woman who lives in the area told CBC Newsshe heard two gunshots, followed by a man yelling, "Help me."

Police blocked off the alley that runs along the back of properties on Maryland andSherbrookstreets, just behind Safeway, and also a vacant lot in the neighbourhood.

Rupart Roopnarine, whohas lived in the area for 40 years, said a lot has changed in that time.

"When I first lived in this area, you could have walked the street at 2 a.m. and nobody would bother you. You can't do that now," he said.

"Even eight years ago, I got robbed by five guys right outside here. What I think you needsometime, to walk on Sherbrook,isbulletproof vests."

There is no word on any arrests.

The alley that runs between Maryland and Sherbrook streets, behind Safeway, is blocked with police tape. (Meaghan Ketcheson/CBC)
The police investigation is also focused on a vacant lot in the area. (Meaghan Ketcheson/CBC)