Suspect at-large after shots fired inside Petawawa apartment building

Ontario Provincial Police cruiser. (Source: OPP/File Image)

Ontario Provincial Police are investigating after a firearm was discharged inside a Petawawa, Ont. apartment building Saturday morning.

Police say officers responded to a report of shots being fired in an empty hallway of a building in the 0-100 block of Wolfe Avenue at approximately 10:30 a.m.

No one was injured.

The person allegedly responsible fled on foot in an unknown direction. Police say they are considered armed and a risk to public safety.

The person is described as a white male in his 30s, thin build and approximately 5 feet 10 inches (178 cm) tall.

He was wearing a dark coloured medical mask, dark jacket and dark pants.

If seen, police say not to approach him and to call 911.

An investigation is ongoing.

Anyone with information is asked to contact the Upper Ottawa Valley OPP at 613-732-3332 or Pembroke/Renfrew County Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477) or at www.valleytips.ca.