The RCMP have cancelled a dangerous person alert for the Pineview community in Fort Saskatchewan, Alta.
According to the alert, a man who was allegedly involved in a firearms-related incident was in the Pineview neighbourhood at around 9:53 a.m. with two guns.
Mounties later said in a news release that they were on scene at a residential complex at 99th Avenue and Highway 15 in Fort Saskatchewan.
Get daily National news
Mounties said the suspect they issued the alert about is a Fort Saskatchewan resident in his 30s.
Residents in the Pineview community were asked to immediately shelter in place, stay inside and lock all doors and windows.
- Paramedic widow learned husband was shot while trying to save second Edmonton officer
- Crown seeks dangerous offender status for convicted Vancouver sex offender
- Sentencing underway for Winnipeg man convicted of killing five people in Langside Street shooting
- Meghan Markle’s father cut off his ankle monitor, U.S. DOJ says
Mounties also asked residents to not report police locations and to not approach the suspect.
At around 3:50 p.m., the RCMP said the suspect was located and taken into custody.
Police officers remained at the scene to investigate.
Comments
Comments closed.
Due to the sensitive and/or legal subject matter of some of the content on globalnews.ca, we reserve the ability to disable comments from time to time.
Please see our Commenting Policy for more.