WAKEFIELD — Police are actively investigating a double shooting incident that occurred on Lakeshore Drive just before 8 p.m. last night. Two men were reportedly taken to area hospitals with serious gunshot wounds.
A heavy police presence descended on the neighborhood and the area around Cumberland Farms on Lowell Street immediately following the incident. Investigators believe this to be a targeted incident and not random.
Police have secured the scene but are actively looking for an unknown number of suspects.
Police are asking anyone who sees anything suspicious to call 911 to report it. If you observed anything you believe may be helpful to the police investigation you are asked to call 781-245-1212 x3.
The Massachusetts State Police, Reading and Saugus Police are assisting Wakefield PD with the investigation.
