Nova Scotia RCMP are investigating after shots were fired toward a vessel in Richmond County last month.

Mounties say the fishing vessel was in Lennox Passage on Dec. 8 when there were reports of four gunshots near its bow.

Lennox Passage is approximately 35 kilometres east of Port Hawkesbury.

All shots missed the boat and no one on board was injured. RCMP do not believe the vessel was fishing at the time of the incident. The gunshots came from the land near Lennox Passage Provincial Park.

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