Male victim suffering from gunshot wound shows up at Ajax hospital: police

A Durham Regional Police cruiser is seen in this undated photo.

Police in Durham Region are investigating after a shooting victim showed up at an Ajax hospital early Thursday morning.

Durham Regional Police said they were called to Lakeridge Health Ajax Pickering Hospital on Harwood Avenue South, where a man suffering from a gunshot wound attended the emergency department.

The victim was later transferred to a Toronto-area trauma centre and is in stable condition, police said.

They have not determined the circumstances of the shooting, including where it exactly occurred.

No suspect information has been released.

Police are asking anyone with information to contact them at 1-888-579-1520 ext. 1905 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).