A resident of a Halifax homeless encampment says he’s becoming increasingly worried about the lack of security at the designated tent site, as police investigate a shooting that took place over the weekend.

Andrew Goodsell says he was actually in the middle of an interview with an online radio show about safety at encampments when he heard gunshots in the distance.

“I heard four loud bangs and then quite a few minutes later, you hear tons of sirens and then the cops showed up and mentioned that there was a shooting and they were investigating it,” he said.

Halifax Regional Police (HRP) say they were called to the Lower Flinn Park encampment site, which is located along Quinpool Road, at around 9:55 a.m. Sunday.

They found a 30-year-old man who had been shot and was suffering from life

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