No one was injured in a shooting on Bellos Street early Thursday morning.
At approximately 12:30 a.m. police received reports of shots being fired on the street in the Heritage neighbourhood, according to a statement issued by the RCMP.
Police officers arrived on the scene, and cleared a home on the street. Three adults in the home were found uninjured.
The suspect or suspects fled the area before police were called, but officers found evidence confirming shots had been fired.
It is the second shooting incident on the small street tucked inside Clark Crescent in less than three weeks. Police were called to a shooting on Bellos on Sept. 21. No injuries were reported in that shooting either, but investigators found "firearm-related damage" to a home on the street.
Both incidents are believed to be targeted attacks associated to an ongoing conflict between two rival gangs in the city, RCMP said.
"The Prince George RCMP is committed to aggressively targeting those responsible for causing harm through drug trafficking and its associated violence in our community," the RCMP said in a press release.
A long-time resident of the street who asked to not be identified said up until the last 18 months or so, he almost never saw the police on Bellos.
"There is an old lady across the way (from the house that was shot at). There is a daycare here, and at the other end of the street. They got the wrong house, the first time – shot holes in the door," he said. "It's not great. At some point, you just want to live in peace."
He said he heard, but didn't see, what happened.
"It was two shots fired. I heard them," he said. "I didn't rush out there to see, I'll tell you. There was a lot of police here, and dogs."
The resident said the police "have been wonderful," and told him they're keeping a close eye on the situation.
"They've been there lots of times," he said.
Anyone with information about the ongoing violence linked to the drug trade, or the people involved, is asked to call Prince George RCMP at 250-561-300. Tips can also be made anonymously to Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477, or online at www.pgcrimestoppers.bc.ca.
