HWY. 141 CLOSED THIS AFTERNOON AFTER MAN SHOOTS INTO WOODS; POLICE SAY ‘NO CRIMINAL OFFENCE COMMITTED’

MUSKOKA LAKES — A gun call had police on the run this afternoon west of Utterson.

They say officers responded to a call from a road crew on Muskoka Road 141 in Muskoka Lakes Twp Monday, July 18, at 12:45 p.m.

It was reported that a man who had exited his home nearby and shot into the woods.

Out of caution for all involved, police closed Muskoka Road 141 in the area of Bent River in order to conduct an investigation into the nature of the discharge, ultimately determining that no criminal offence had been committed.

Police report he said he was shooting at ground hog and not at paving crew.

The highway was reopened shortly after 2:00 p.m.

Bent River is west of Utterson toward Lake Rosseau and north of Windermere.