Armed suspects at large after 1 person killed, another injured in Wheatland

Armed suspects at large after 1 person killed, another injured in Wheatland County




Mounties say armed,  risky  and unidentified  people  stay  at  huge  after one  man or woman  changed into  killed and  some other  changed into  wounded in Wheatland County on Tuesday.

Officers  had been  referred to Township Road 250 and Range Road 282  simply  earlier than  midday  for a shooting, Staff Sgt. Mark Wielosz, detachment commander for the Strathmore RCMP,  stated  later  withinside the  evening.



"Our  individuals  found  that    people  have been  shot. One superficially. Tragically,  the second one  succumbed to their injuries," Wielosz  stated .

"Our  individuals  had been  capable of  become aware of  that    offenders had fled the scene in a white half-ton pickup truck, which  changed into  a Rocky View County fleet  automobile ."

Wielosz says police tracked the  automobile  to  some other  location,  close to  Township Road 252 and Range Road 260.

The  automobile  have been  dumped and it  changed into  in the end  decided  the suspects  had been  now not  withinside the  area.

While that  changed into  being  decided , an emergency alert and a shelter-in-  area  order  had been  issued.

That  changed into  simply  after 1:30 p.m. The orders  had been  lifted  a while  later.

"We  applied  the help  of all  regulation  enforcement  groups  and our  companions  withinside the  area," Wielosz  stated .

Wielosz says a  reason  for the violence and  whether or not  it  changed into  centered  is unknown.

He  additionally  says that, currently, there  aren't any  descriptions of the suspects for police to  provide  the public.

Police  aren't  liberating  the  identification  of the deceased at this time.

Tuesday evening, the RCMP did  launch  an  picture  of the white fleet  automobile .
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