Two Mounties shot and wounded in Alberta
Posted February 7, 2012 6:37 pm.
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KILLAM, Alta. – Police say two RCMP officers have been shot and wounded in a rural area southeast of Edmonton.
The two have been taken to hospital for treatment.
The RCMP emergency response team and RCMP air services have been dispatched to the scene near Killam, about 160 kilometres from the city.
Police say a search is underway to locate an armed suspect.
Premier Alison Redford, who was briefed by the Solicitor General, says one person is custody.
The shooting evoked memories of the fatal shootings of four RCMP officers near Mayerthorpe, Alta., in 2005. Gunman James Roszko cut down the officers while they were staking out his marijuana grow op.
Roszko then killed himself.
