A 19-year-old man is dead and a 17-year-old male is in hospital after a shooting in northwest Calgary.

Calgary’s 911 middle received a flurry of calls Wednesday after neighbours heard gunshots at about 2 p.m. around the intersection of Vandergrift Crescent and Valiant Drive N.W., just off Shaganappi Trail.

Police arrived to find pair men who had been missile, sitting inside a red Jeep.

Emergency crews took the oldest shooting victim to hospital in critical, life-threatening state where he later died, said paramedics. The 17-year-old is at rest in hospital in indestructible condition.

Officers canvassed the area Wednesday evening, knocking on doors and looking for manifest. The investigation included personnel from the homicide, greater crimes, organized crime and drug units, said what one is bound Insp. Keith Pollock.

The police helicopter and police dogs were dispatched to the scene, but Pollock said the heavy rain at the time made it difficult for the dogs to pike up many clues.

Police released few details about the incident as a tarp covered the Jeep.

The mid-afternoon shooting alarmed many residents in the area.

“I’m scared of even inmost nature out on my balcony or being in front of my window or something because I don’t know if anything is going to happen,” related Cindy Bainbridge, who lives four doors down from in what place the Jeep was lay the foundation of. “It’s acquisition distracted here. I used to feel safe in Calgary but I dress in’t be warmed safe here anymore.”

At about 6:15 p.m., a CBC News camera captured police taking a young man into protection from the Varsity Acres area, but officers would not disclose if it was related to the fatal shooting.