Responding to a service call, Yellowknife found a man suffering from a gunshot wound early Sunday morning in a downtown apartment building on 53 Street.

An ambulance brought the man to Stanton Territorial Hospital, where he received treatment. The injury was non-life threatening, according to a police news release.

K-9 unit and forensic services were at the scene, and the evidence gathered suggests it was an SA国际影视传媒渋solated incident,SA国际影视传媒� according to Mounties.

The news release asks that anyone who witnessed the incident or was in the area of 53 Street and 50 Avenue between midnight and 1 a.m. last Sunday contact the .

The apparent early morning shooting follows reports from downtown residents who say they heard gunshots in the same area earlier this week.

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Caitlin Lacey said she's used to hearing the odd loud noise from outside her downtown apartment in Yellowknife.

But on the night of May 22 a series of unusually loud sounds left her rattled.

SA国际影视传媒淚t was a very loud bang. I jumped out of bed and looked out the window immediately,SA国际影视传媒� Lacey told Yellowknifer on May 23.

It sounded like a gunshot, she said.

Lacey, who lives on 52 Street, heard the loud bang, which sounded like it came from the 53 Street area, just after 11 p.m.

About 10 minutes later, she heard another loud bang.

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Lacey wasnSA国际影视传媒檛 the only downtown resident who reported hearing gunshots that night.

After immediately taking to Facebook to share her account SA国际影视传媒� SA国际影视传媒淯m did I just hear a gunshot??!,SA国际影视传媒� she asked SA国际影视传媒� another resident said theySA国际影视传媒檇 heard the same sounds.

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SA国际影视传媒淎nyone else hear (three) gunshots last night?,SA国际影视传媒� asked another Yellowknifer in a Facebook post made on the morning of May 23.

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Lacey, who didnSA国际影视传媒檛 see or hear anyone outside following the loud bangs, said she didnSA国际影视传媒檛 hear any sirens or police activity following the disturbance on May 22, either.

Yellowknife did not receive any complaints following the unsubstantiated online reports, a spokesperson confirmed.