RCMP responded to an incident involving what they said were shots fired outside a residence in a Manitoba community.
Officers from three RCMP branches were called to a residence in the RM of Emerson-Franklin on Jan. 22, at approximately 4:05 a.m. There, they arrested a man and woman, whilst seizing two firearms.
According to police, a man and woman where in a vehicle on Gosselin Road, in St. Malo, when another vehicle drove up to them. A male suspect armed with a firearm in that vehicle pointed it towards the man and demanded money, then fled with an undisclosed amount of cash.
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The woman left in her own vehicle.
The male victim, police said, contacted a friend and the two returned to the area to locate the suspect and the woman. They reportedly headed towards the woman’s residence in Emerson-Franklin, observing the suspect’s vehicle near the residence. Officials said a shot was fired towards one of the men when he approached the suspect’s vehicle.
A 48-year-old woman ad 64-year-old man were arrested and face several charges, including robbery with a firearm.
An investigation is ongoing.