2 RCMP Shot and wounded in St Albert. Shooter Located.

[CaptainCraig]

If you are in St Albert get to safety, man at large with weapons in a two toned blue jacket and jeans.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmont...erta-1.2916603

UPDATE - Suspect Located, no longer a threat to public safety.

[Swift]

Outside of the events in Moncton, it seems like RCMP seem to be shot at more often in Alberta. Is that right, or am I just imagining that?

[Acey]

Mayerthorpe sort of skews it.

Live presser beginning now

[Acey]

One officer in "very grave" condition, other is "serious but stable".

[CaptainCraig]

RCMP figure suspect is South East of the Sturgeon Valley Golf Course.

[CedarMeter]

Not good. Hope they pull through.

[Sylvanfan]

Yeah, quiet morning here for sure. Concerning as I play slow pitch with some RCMP guys from the city here.

[Acey]

Suspect located. No longer a threat to the public.

[metallicat]

Sounds like the suspect killed himself. *sigh*

I sure hope the cops pull through.

[Drummer]

One of the cops was an Auxiliary officer - they don't carry a gun believe it or not. RCMP better look at changing that policy.

[combustiblefuel]

Originally Posted by Drummer

One of the cops was an Auxiliary officer - they don't carry a gun believe it or not. RCMP better look at changing that policy.

No, they should not be armed. They are basically a community watch program. They are unpaid volunteers. They are not police officials.


http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/ccaps-spcca/auxil-eng.htm

An Auxiliary Constable is an unarmed, unpaid, uniformed RCMP volunteer whose activities are governed under provincial legislation. RCMP Auxiliary Constables may have peace officer or equivalent status, in accordance to their provincial or territorial statutes.

Auxiliary Constables are a complement -- not an enhancement or supplement to the RCMP Regular Member.

Auxiliary Constables are not employees of the RCMP and do not hold employee status.

If you armed them they would be a militia.

[killer_carlson]

details are still scant. Some suggestion it started at or near the casino.

[Acey]

[jar_e]

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmont...wynn-1.2917231

CMP have identified 34-year-old Shawn Rehn as the suspect in the shooting that seriously wounded two RCMP officers in St. Alberta, Alta. Saturday.

Aux. Const. Derek Walter Bond and Const. David Matthew Wynn were both shot around 3 a.m. MT inside the Apex Casino in the Edmonton suburb.

Aux. Cst. Derek Bond has been released from hospital. Another officer is recovering from life-threatening injuries, RCMP say.



The officers were confronting a suspect about a stolen vehicle found near the casino. Both were sent to hospital with serious injuries; Bond was released later in the day, while Wynn remains in "very grave" condition, according to RCMP.

[Vulcan]

Yeah, the suspect is dead.

Officers tracked the suspect to a nearby rural home. When they entered the house, they found him dead. The RCMP said they did not speak to the man or fire their weapons.
Rehn's Facebook page lists him as former pipe fitter who had previously studied at the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology in Edmonton.

[MoneyGuy]

I'm not disappointed that the guy offed himself. Does that make me a bad person?

[Acey]

Originally Posted by MoneyGuy

I'm not disappointed that the guy offed himself. Does that make me a bad person?

I'd like to think Moncton, rightly, has set precedence for the kind of sentence you'll face for shooting cops in Canada. Dude probably made a good choice.

[metallicat]

Doesn't sound good about the one officer still in hospital. An article I just read said he was shot in the head at close range. Awful.

[Acey]

Via CTV: RCMP now saying they do not expect him to survive.

[jayswin]

****, I had my hopes up with a recent article I saw that said he was recovering in hospitable. I guess they probably meant in more general terms than an actual favorable update.

That's awful.