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At 5:14 a.m. on Sunday, October 28, Halifax Regional Police responded to a report that a male had been shot on the sidewalk in the 0-100 block of Demetreous Drive in Dartmouth. Upon arrival, officers located a 19-year-old man who had suffered several gunshot wounds to his body. The male was transported to the QEII Health Sciences Centre where he was treated and later released. As a result of the investigation, police seized a vehicle from the street near the shooting and investigators are preparing a search warrant to enter and search the vehicle. A residence near where the victim was located was also searched with a search warrant. At approximately 3 p.m. a 20-year-old man was arrested in the area of the shooting and is currently in police custody pending an interview by members of the HRP/RCMP Integrated General Investigation Section. Anyone with information about this incident is asked to contact Halifax Regional Police at 490-5016 or anonymously through Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477) or online at www.crimestoppers.ns.ca.