No Mounties were injured after suspects shot at them in High Prairie, Alta., early Sunday morning, according to RCMP.
Police were responding to a traffic complaint when shots were fired at them at around 2 a.m.
Officers found the abandoned vehicle at the Elk Rodeo Grounds with several firearms inside. They believe three suspects fled to JC Park.
Police said the three are in custody and there is “no further risk to public safety.”
At around 4:30 a.m., RCMP sent out an emailed public safety announcement, saying there was an active police event happening within High Prairie town limits. Through the news release, RCMP asked people to avoid the northwest part of High Prairie, specifically JC Park and the Elks Rodeo Grounds, and to stay home with locked doors.
- B.C. man who pulled over drivers with fake police lights gets conditional discharge
- Saskatoon police investigating city’s 10th homicide
- Ont. woman accused of stealing from hospital staff, patients faces dozens of charges
- 2 teens charged with murder in connection to pedestrian collision that killed 16-year-old
The RCMP’s Police Dog Services, Emergency Response Team and helicopter helped in the investigation.
If you have information about this incident, police said to contact High Prairie RCMP at 780-723-3370 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.
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.