Brandon Chafe, 20, charged after shooting in the Goulds
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A young man is in custody and police say another is in hospital with serious injuries, in the wake of a shooting in the Goulds area of St. John's Sunday evening.
Brandon Chafe, 21, appeared in St. John's provincial court Monday morning, just weeks after being released on bail for firearms trafficking.
Chafe is facing 10 charges related to an incident on Sunday night, including aggravated assault, several firearms offences and breach of a release order.
"Yes," Chafe responded when Judge Lois Skanes asked if he understood the charges against him.
Chafe, who has no criminal record, was arrested on May 29 for firearms trafficking. That offence is related to a string of violent crimes in the St. John's area in early May, said the RNC in a new release on Monday.
"This incident was a targeted attack," the RNC statement said.
Chafe is being held in custody and is next scheduled to appear in court on July 4 through video call.
Chafe is ordered to have no contact with the victim.
The Royal Newfoundland Constabulary say they were called to a fight near the Robert E. Howlett Memorial Drive just before 8 p.m. NT.
Police say a man was taken to hospital with serious injuries consistent with assault and a gunshot wound when they arrived at the crime scene.
Shortly before 9 p.m. the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary tweeted that officers had responded to a weapons offence near Doyle's Road and Robert E. Howlett Memorial Drive and were tracking potential suspects in the Goulds area, including along Back Line.
At 9:17 p.m. the RNC sent another tweet, asking Goulds-area residents to remain inside their homes while officers carried out their search with patrol services, the K-9 unit and the criminal investigation division.
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