RCMP say officers fired on in La Ronge, 2 gunmen sought
RCMP say officers got here underneath fireplace in La Ronge, Sask., on Sunday, and the Mounties have urged residents to shelter in place till the two suspects are discovered.
Officers are responding to the incident within the city about 300 kilometres northeast of Saskatoon, and residents ought to anticipate an elevated police presence within the space, the Mounties mentioned in a information launch.
Police are asking residents to hunt instant shelter or shelter in place till instructed in any other case. They’re additionally encouraging folks to shut and lock all home windows and doorways.
Motorists are being suggested to not cease for hitchhikers, and the RCMP has requested that individuals chorus from disclosing police areas on social media. Anybody with an emergency or ideas in reference to the incident are requested to name 911.
In a information launch, police described one suspect as a person with brief, darkish hair with the edges shaved, carrying darkish pants and a darkish shirt with gold patterns down the sleeves, and darkish runners.
He final seen on foot within the space of Far Reserve Highway within the Village of Air Ronge, and that there was a doable sighting of the suspect going north on Freeway 2, RCMP mentioned.
Kids’s competition shut down
La Ronge had been internet hosting its annual youngsters’s competition, which began at midday, however organizers paused the occasion and despatched everybody residence after the RCMP alert. It was formally shut down at 2:45.
Viviana Ruiz Arcand, one of many competition organizers, says she heard police sirens however not close to the occasion.
Nevertheless, she wasn’t taking any possibilities in terms of security.
“We simply proceeded to make a common announcement on the stage of the youngsters’s competition to say that we’re suspending till we get an all-clear from the authorities,” Ruiz Arcand mentioned.
Ruiz Arcand says the occasion normally attracts about 500 folks all through the day, and individuals who did not get the alert are being despatched residence.
Ruiz Arcand says performers had been introduced in from throughout the province for the occasion. For now, she says, the competition is on maintain for the day, and organizers are already engaged on a rescheduling plan.
“A smaller scale model would possibly occur if you cannot get it again up and going,” Ruiz Arcand mentioned.
