RCMP in eastern Alberta are investigating after a truck was spotted driving erratically though a field and gunshots were fired from it.
It happened on Nov. 11 at around 4:30 p.m., about 30 kilometres northwest of Coronation. A truck with at least two people in it was spotted trespassing on a canola field near Range Road 130, North of Highway 599, RCMP said.
Mounties said the suspects fired shots from within the vehicle towards a deer in the field. They then continued to drive recklessly through the field, firing multiple shots from the vehicle, police said.
RCMP believe the suspects may have been impaired by alcohol at the time. The incident was reported Alberta Fish and Wildlife and the RCMP, who said the suspects committed multiple offences under the Trespass to Premises Act and Wildlife Act.
The vehicle is described as a grey Dodge Ram truck with a long box and a diesel engine. It’s believed to be a third generation, released anywhere between 2003 and 2009.
Coronation is 175 kilometres east of Red Deer in central Alberta.