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IN PHOTOS: Moncton shooting leads to massive manhunt

By Andrew Russell Global News

Posted June 5, 2014 5:38 pm

Updated June 6, 2014 12:01 am

1 min read

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Emergency response officers check a residence in Moncton, New Brunswick, Thursday, June 5, 2014, searching for a suspect who shot and killed three Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers the day before. Wednesday. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Andrew Vaughan).

TORONTO – Three RCMP officers were killed and two others injured when a gunman opened fire in Moncton, New Brunswick Wednesday night.

A massive manhunt for suspected gunman 24-year-old Justin Bourque ended in the early hours of Friday morning after RCMP announced the arrest.

Earlier Thursday afternoon, more than a dozen officers surrounded an apartment complex after receiving a tip about the location of the gunman. But they withdrew, saying lead turned out to be false.

“This is not even close to being a typical day in New Brunswick, Moncton or even in Canada,” New Brunswick RCMP Commanding Officer Roger Brown said Thursday morning.