Springhaven man charged with attempted murder

By News Staff

Posted Mar 2, 2015 05:18:00 PM.

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SPRINGHAVEN, N.S. – A 59-year-old Nova Scotia man is facing five charges of attempted murder after someone fired shots at a vehicle carrying five people near Yarmouth on the weekend.

The Mounties say no one was injured.

The alleged shooting happened Sunday around 1 a.m. near Springhaven, a 20-minute drive east of Yarmouth.

The man from Springhaven has also been charged with careless use of a firearm and four counts of unsafe storage of a firearm.

Meanwhile, a 56-year-old woman from Springhaven was arrested and released on a promise to appear in court at a later date.

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