Jamestown police officers are investigating two shootings on Saturday.

Officers responded to the area of Lafayette Street near Isabella Avenue for a reported gunshot complaint at 7:15 p.m. According to a police report, officers saw several shell casings in the area and began to secure the scene. A short time later a man arrived at UPMC Chautauqua with an injury police said was consistent with a gunshot wound. The man was treated for non-life threatening injuries and released.

Then, at 8:07 p.m., officers were dispatched to a report of a gunshot complaint in the area near Columbia Avenue. Officers found rounds had struck a home in the neighborhood, with no injuries to anyone in the neighborhood.

“We don’t think it’s a random act,” said Scott Forster, deputy Jamestown police chief. “It appears to be a targeted situation.”

Both incidents are under investigation by the Investigative Section of the Jamestown Police Department. Information regarding these incidents can be provided to the Jamestown Police Department at 716-483-7537 or the confidential tips line at 716-483-8477.

“We’ve made contact with some people with some cameras and we’re looking at that stuff,” Forster said. “Obviously this is one of those things where we have to rely on people coming forward and telling us what happened with it.”

In 2023, there were 15 confirmed shootings in Jamestown with five involving injuries or death, four people injured and one killed. That’s a decrease from the 24 shootings in 2022 and 19 shootings in 2021. Cases involving reports of firearms peaked at 88 in 2022 and decreased to 66 in 2023. Gunshot complaint calls to the Jamestown Police Department increased from 84 in 2018 to a high of 155 in 2022 before decreasing to 81 in 2023. Weapons law offenses rose from 77 in 2021 to 111 in 2022 before decreasing slightly to 107 in 2023.

According to the most recent Gun Involve Violence Elimination initiative monthly report, Jamestown reported three shooting incidents from January through June 2024, one more than in the same time period for 2023. Shooting victims have increased from two in the first six months of 2023 to five in the first six months this year while the city has had two firearm deaths from January to June 2024, one more than the same time in 2023.