New Brunswick RCMP issue alert warning residents about armed man wanted for shooting
Posted January 6, 2021 7:59 am.
Last Updated January 6, 2021 8:08 am.
MONCTON, N.B. — Police in New Brunswick are warning residents about a man carrying firearms who is wanted for a shooting Tuesday near a high school in Riverview.
The RCMP have distributed an Alert Ready message to the greater Moncton area, saying 24-year-old Janson Bryan Baker intends to use the firearms.
Baker is described as 5-foot-9, 145 pounds, with short brown hair, brown eyes and tattoos on his neck, right cheek and forehead.
The Mounties say he is believed to be driving a black 2020 Hyundai Elantra with black tinted windows.
Police say Baker should not be approached.
Shortly after the shooting near Riverview High School was reported Tuesday at 5:15 p.m., a man was taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Jan. 6, 2021.
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