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Winnipeg police arrest two after 7 people shot at in parking lot

Police headquarters in downtown Winnipeg. Shane Gibson/Global News

Winnipeg police arrested two people after witnesses told officers a man shot a gun at a group of people.

Police say on Friday at about 11:25 p.m. officers responded to a report of gunshots in a parking lot in the 1300 block of St. Matthews Avenue.

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Customers told police a man, who was with a woman, fired multiple shots at a group of about seven people.

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No one was injured.

Detectives from the Winnipeg Police Major Crimes Unit took over the investigation and on Saturday night, officers arrested two suspects at an apartment on Adsum Drive.

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Jayden Riley Derksen, 20, was charged with seven counts of pointing a firearm, seven counts of assault with a weapon, among other weapons charges.

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Kara-Leigh Traverse, 18, was charged with unauthorized possession of a firearm, among other weapons charges.

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