A WITNESS to the reported shooting in Shaw heard the sound of helicopters, police sirens and a gunshot that he thought was a firework.
Corey Battocchio was at home when he overheard officers shouting at someone to put the gun down earlier today.
He told the Adver: "I was sat in my room around 5.15pm when I heard a loud bang but assumed it was a firework as nothing like that ever happens around here.
"At around 5.30pm I heard numerous police sirens and three circulating helicopters. One landed, so I went outside. The van made it as far as the Bramptons, directly outside my house, as police in an unmarked vehicle intervened.
"He was shouted at many times by police to ‘put the gun down’ and therefore was shot. He was airlifted and taken to a nearby hospital."
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