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Bullet fired into Waterloo business
Kumpf Drive and Randall Drive in Waterloo, Ont. on May 1, 2024. (Dan Lauckner/CTV Kitchener)
Waterloo regional police are looking for the person who shot into the window of a Waterloo business.
They say the gun was fired from outside the building, at Kumpf Drive and Randall Drive, around 3:10 a.m. Wednesday.
The bullet went into the lunchroom of the business.
Police said a 59-year-old employee had just exited to the room before the shooting.
Anyone with information on this incident is asked to call police at 519-570-9777, ext. 6370. Tips can also be made anonymously to Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.
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