A man and a woman have been arrested in connection with an alleged shooting in Yarmouth County.
RCMP arrested the individuals following a report of a man suffering gun shot wounds.
Corporal Lisa Croteau says RCMP learned Monday that a 22-year-old man from Yarmouth County had suffered from gun shot wounds.
“Members of Yarmouth Town RCMP, Yarmouth Rural RCMP, Yarmouth/Clare Street Crime Enforcement Unit, Police Dog Services and the Yarmouth Town General Investigation Section (GIS) began an investigation into the incident.
Subsequent to this investigation, a 29-year-old man from South Ohio and a 23-year-old woman from Yarmouth were arrested on August 26, at approximately 5:45 p.m. on Quaco Rd. near Port Maitland without incident. The woman was later released without charges and the man remained in custody.”
She says the wounds were considered serious but not life-threatening and he was treated at the Yarmouth Regional Hospital.
Investigators searched a South Ohio home in relation to the incident.
A 29-year-old man from South Ohio and a 23-year-old woman from Yarmouth were arrested early Monday evening Quaco Road near Port Maitland without incident.
The woman was later released without charges, the man remained in custody.
29-year old Joshua Dwayne Lawrence from South Ohio has appeared in Yarmouth Provincial Court today and is remanded into custody until September 3.
He is charged with Discharging a Firearm with Intent, Possession of a Weapon for Dangerous Purpose and Careless Use of a Firearm.
Corporal Croteau stresses this was not a random act as the parties were known to one another.
