It happened hours earlier, sending a man in his 30s to hospital, and just days after Vancouver police grimly acknowledged an all-out gang war has erupted in the city.

MacMillan, who works at a bread shop less than a block away, said it's disturbing to hear about gun violence so close, but it has become almost routine.

"Shocked, really shocked -- that's just really close," MacMillan said.

"It's no surprise, though. Every day there's a shooting. In the paper, that's all you hear."

In recent weeks, barely a day goes by without a new report of a shooting.

There have been 32 shootings in Vancouver and surrounding communities since late January, including 12 fatalities.

Police said little about Monday's shooting, which happened at about 2:30 a.m. near a busy intersection.

The victim, who was found on the sidewalk outside a restaurant, underwent surgery and investigators hadn't been able to speak with him. He was expected to survive.

Vancouver police spokeswoman Const. Jana McGuinness said it's not clear whether the latest shooting is related to the city's gang war, but people living among the often-targeted hits are clearly paying attention.

"Any police car (with lights and sirens) going anywhere right now is really generating phone calls," she said.

"People are really aware. I'm not sure if it's concern or alertness, or both. It's different out there, for sure."

Public fear over the shootings is mixed with exhaustion over daily headlines that seem to be repeating themselves.

"It's something we talk about every morning: 'Let's see where the shooting was last night,' every time we turn the TV on," said a woman who lives about a half block from Monday's shooting. She didn't want her name published.

"It's kind of common now, which is scary," said the woman, who has two young children.

She said she has lived in the East Vancouver area for more than two years but that she's stopped going out at night as the shooting statistics climb.

Although her children's elementary school is just across the street, the woman said she can't help but worry when her children are away at class.

"It is scary that it's in our neighbourhood," she said. "And it's hard because I have kids in my home. (The shooting) was in the early morning, but it could have been in the afternoon."

Last Friday, Vancouver police Chief Jim Chu admitted the city is in the middle of a "brutal" gang war after dozens of shootings in Metro Vancouver.

Chu made the comments while announcing the arrest of two alleged gang leaders on numerous gun charges in an attempt to claim any sort of victory in a gang war that even the city's mayor has said police are losing.

A man who lives on the same street as Monday's shooting said the situation is frustrating, but there's not much anyone can do about it.

"I knew it was going to happen sooner or later around here because it's happening all over the place," said the man, who also didn't want to give his name.

"If I move somewhere's else, the same thing is going to happen -- you don't know when and where. So there's no use in worrying about it. If it happens, it happens."

While many of the shootings have been linked to gang warfare, innocent people have been caught in the crossfire.

Last May, someone opened fire on a Porsche in Vancouver in what police said was an attempt to kill the owner of the car. Instead, the shooting killed a 24-year-old man who had taken the vehicle to install a stereo system.

And in October 2007, two innocent men were among six people found murdered in a Surrey apartment.