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"A small city in eastern Canada remained under virtual lockdown Thursday as police searched for a shooter who killed three police officers.
Police said the suspect shot and killed three Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers and injured two others responding to an incident around 7:30 p.m. local time Wednesday. The suspect disappeared and had been spotted at least once early Thursday but remained at large. They urged residents of Moncton, New Brunswick, to stay inside and lock their doors. Police identified the suspect as 24-year-old Moncton resident Justin Bourque, and described him as "armed and dangerous."
Police from across New Brunswick and outside the province were involved in the massive manhunt, which focused on a Moncton subdivision known as Pinehurst. Police blocked roads and urged social-media users not to report details about police movements to ensure the safety of those involved in the search.
Royal Canadian Mounted Police blocked roads around Moncton, New Brunswick, in their search for an armed man who allegedly killed three officers. Associated Press
"This is a very, very dangerous situation," said Roger Brown, the commanding officer of RCMP operations in New Brunswick. "This is not close to being a typical day in Moncton, in New Brunswick, or even in Canada."
Numerous services and businesses were shut down as nervous residents in Moncton, a city of about 69,000 people, stayed inside. Moncton closed its city hall and shut down transit services Thursday. Area public schools were closed, as were the University of Moncton, libraries and provincial government offices in the city.
Despite pleas from police for people to stay home, Janice Keirstead said she headed into work early Thursday for her shift at Ayer Convenience, a little grocery store near the Moncton Coliseum, a sporting and entertainment complex close to where the shooting took place.
"I was a bit nervous coming into work, and I still am," she said from the store, where she works in the kitchen making sandwiches.
She said business was much slower than usual with only a handful of customers coming in to grab milk or eggs. Ms. Keirstead said dozens of police dotted the neighborhood but that other traffic was almost nonexistent.
A doctor who works at the Moncton Hospital said extra surgeons, surgical nurses and support staff were called in following the shootings under what it calls a "code orange"—when multiple casualties are expected to arrive at the emergency department. As part of that process, the hospital moved patients out of the emergency room to other parts of the hospital to deal with the fallout from the shooting, the doctor said.
Police had not released any details about the shooting victims or the circumstances of the shooting.
Jimmy Garrison, 27, said he has played on the same paintball team with Mr. Bourque, the suspect, for the past five years and last saw him at a team meeting several weeks ago. He described Mr. Bourque as a gun enthusiast who enjoyed watching mixed martial arts and working out.
"He often liked to talk about gun control," said Garrison. "If someone had the slightest opinion on how Canada should deal with it, he would go on mini-tirades to the point where it was just better to let him wind himself down."
Mr. Garrison said Mr. Bourque had brought guns to paintball practices.
"He loved his guns," Mr. Garrison said. "He thought no one should comment on what kind of guns he should own."
Kathleen Isaac, who lives near where the shooting incident occurred, said she got stuck in traffic on the way home Wednesday night, after picking up her eldest daughter, amid endless police cars and ambulances zooming by. "I thought there was a bad accident on the highway or something."
After getting home, she locked the doors, closed the windows and the shut the blinds and has been holed up there ever since. "It is total fear around here," she said. "We can't even get out of our house, and I am running out of milk here for the kids."
The attack was one of the deadliest involving Canadian police in years. In 2005, four RCMP officers were killed in Alberta by a lone gunman"
Another article :
http://edition.cnn.com/2014/06/04/world/americas/canada-shooting/
Police in New Brunswick scoured overnight for a man they say fatally shot three of their officers and wounded two others in the Canadian province.
"Shooter still believed to be in Pinehurst Subdivision area of Moncton. Stay locked inside. Leave outdoor lights on," the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in New Brunswick tweeted early Thursday morning.
Police sent other warnings Wednesday night to those in Moncton, a city of just over 100,000 people some 90 miles (150 kilometers) northeast of St. John and 150 miles north of Halifax.
Police posted to social media a photograph of a man dressed in fatigues, carrying what appeared to be a rifle.
"Stay safe. Motorist stay away from area," another tweet read.
The RCMP has identified the suspect as 24-year-old Justin Bourque, warning that the Moncton resident should be considered armed and dangerous. It posted a photograph of a man dressed in fatigues, carrying what appeared to be a rifle.
"The RCMP received a call at 7:20 p.m. Atlantic Time of a man wearing camouflage clothing, carrying firearms, and walking into the woods," Staff Sgt. Julie Gagnon said.
She said the three officers killed were from the RCMP's Codiac regional office in New Brunswick.
Helicopters were flying over the neighborhood, according to Isabelle LeBlanc, spokeswoman for the City of Moncton. She lives in the area that is currently on lockdown.
All entrances to the neighborhood are blocked off, she said. Her husband has not been able to reach their home.
She said some buses have been pulled off the road because of the concern for public safety.
At least two people who suffered gunshot wounds and were taken to The Moncton Hospital, health authority spokeswoman Carolyn McCormack said. The hospital later added that a third gunshot victim had been admitted.
It was not immediately clear if those were among the five police officers who have been shot, including three fatally.
"(The hospital) is restricting visitors to those with critically ill family members," an affiliated Facebook page noted. "All others are asked to refrain from visiting at this time."
3 police officers died on duty, and several injured, hopefully the hunt will end soon, no more death, I wished the shooter will surrender soon
More updates here :
http://globalnews.ca/news/1374998/rcmp-officers-shot-in-moncton-reports/
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LATEST UPDATES:
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http://globalnews.ca/news/1375802/who-is-justin-bourque-suspect-in-moncton-shooting/
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Heavily armed RCMP officers in Moncton, N.B. continue to hunt for Justin Bourque, a gunman suspected of killing three officers and injuring two others.
Not much is known about Bourque, however police have released a few details about the suspect.
Late Wednesday, New Brunswick RCMP tweeted a photograph of the suspect wearing military-style camouflage and carrying two rifles.
Police spotted Bourque between 7:30 and 8 a.m. on Thursday, but were unable to apprehend him. There have been two other unconfirmed sightings on Thursday.
RCMP Commanding Officer Roger Brown and Supt. Marlene Snowman told media Thursday morning the suspect was still at large and asked residents in a large portion of the city to remain inside and lock their doors while police continue to search for the Moncton man.
In a press conference, police said Bourque is “very mobile” and “armed and dangerous.” They said the young man, in his 20s, was not known to police prior to Wednesday’s shooting.
Police could not provide any additional details about Bourque, but said they were contacting his family and workplace to gather information.
Officials asked the public to stay at home, stay off the streets and to call 911 if they see anything.
Social media
Police also asked the public to refrain from posting any information about the police operation on social media as Bourque remains at large.
A woman named Caitlin Isaac spoke to media on Thursday, claiming she is a former coworker of Bourque’s.
In an interview with Business Insider, Isaac said she worked with Bourque at a Walmart years ago. She said he was fired and that he always “seemed to have a problem with authority.”
A person named Caitlin Isaac is “friends” with an individual named Justin Bourque on Facebook. The Facebook page contains posts and memes about police, guns and shootings.
NOTE: It has not been confirmed that the Facebook page in question belongs to the suspect still at large in Moncton.
The most recent post on the Facebook page from Wednesday evening contains lyrics to a song, “Hook in Mouth,” by metal band Megadeth. Two Facebook “friends” of the poster commented below the lyrics, one saying “You knew this wasn’t the answer.”
Justin Bourque Facebook post.
Another post added to the Facebook page on Wednesday features a photo with a quote from comedian Dave Chappelle, “You ever notice a cop will pull you over for a light out, but if your car is broke down they drive right past you?”
Global News has reached out to the creator of the Facebook page, but did not receive a response at the time of publishing.
On Thursday, a local gun and outdoor supply store, Worlds End Warehouse, issued a statement, making reference to the Moncton shooting suspect.
The statement, posted on the store’s Facebook page, read:
“To prevent pointless media speculation we can confirm that the suspect in this case whilst known personally by employees of our store, was never a customer and never purchased firearms or ammunition from us.”
His alleged FB account : https://www.facebook.com/justin.bourque.5682, the posts are mostly gun related.
The shooter has been arrested :
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/justin-bourque-moncton-shooting-suspectin-police-custody-1.2666921
" Justin Bourque, the man wanted in the shooting deaths of three Mounties in Moncton, has been apprehended by RCMP in New Brunswick.
Justin Bourque arrested by RCMP at 12:10 in Moncton. He is in police custody. Residents of north Moncton can now leave their homes.
— RCMP New Brunswick (@RCMPNB) June 6, 2014
Paul Greene, a spokesman with the RCMP, said Bourque was arrested in Moncton at 12:10 a.m. AT Friday.
RCMP advised residents of north Moncton, who had been on lockdown while the manhunt for Bourque was underway, that they can now leave their homes.
Bourque, 24, is suspected of carrying out a shooting Wednesday evening in the northwest area of the city in which three RCMP officers were killed and two wounded.
Justin Bourque was arrested at 12:10 a.m. AT Friday. (Wade Perry)
Police, including tactical officers, began their manhunt for the shooter Wednesday at around 7:30 p.m. AT after responding to a call about a man walking along a road with what was believed to be a gun.
After the call, shots were fired and officers called for backup.
The RCMP said police officers from across the country were brought in to help arrest the suspect. "
"A small city in eastern Canada remained under virtual lockdown Thursday as police searched for a shooter who killed three police officers.
Police said the suspect shot and killed three Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers and injured two others responding to an incident around 7:30 p.m. local time Wednesday. The suspect disappeared and had been spotted at least once early Thursday but remained at large. They urged residents of Moncton, New Brunswick, to stay inside and lock their doors. Police identified the suspect as 24-year-old Moncton resident Justin Bourque, and described him as "armed and dangerous."
Police from across New Brunswick and outside the province were involved in the massive manhunt, which focused on a Moncton subdivision known as Pinehurst. Police blocked roads and urged social-media users not to report details about police movements to ensure the safety of those involved in the search.
Royal Canadian Mounted Police blocked roads around Moncton, New Brunswick, in their search for an armed man who allegedly killed three officers. Associated Press
"This is a very, very dangerous situation," said Roger Brown, the commanding officer of RCMP operations in New Brunswick. "This is not close to being a typical day in Moncton, in New Brunswick, or even in Canada."
Numerous services and businesses were shut down as nervous residents in Moncton, a city of about 69,000 people, stayed inside. Moncton closed its city hall and shut down transit services Thursday. Area public schools were closed, as were the University of Moncton, libraries and provincial government offices in the city.
Despite pleas from police for people to stay home, Janice Keirstead said she headed into work early Thursday for her shift at Ayer Convenience, a little grocery store near the Moncton Coliseum, a sporting and entertainment complex close to where the shooting took place.
"I was a bit nervous coming into work, and I still am," she said from the store, where she works in the kitchen making sandwiches.
She said business was much slower than usual with only a handful of customers coming in to grab milk or eggs. Ms. Keirstead said dozens of police dotted the neighborhood but that other traffic was almost nonexistent.
A doctor who works at the Moncton Hospital said extra surgeons, surgical nurses and support staff were called in following the shootings under what it calls a "code orange"—when multiple casualties are expected to arrive at the emergency department. As part of that process, the hospital moved patients out of the emergency room to other parts of the hospital to deal with the fallout from the shooting, the doctor said.
Police had not released any details about the shooting victims or the circumstances of the shooting.
Jimmy Garrison, 27, said he has played on the same paintball team with Mr. Bourque, the suspect, for the past five years and last saw him at a team meeting several weeks ago. He described Mr. Bourque as a gun enthusiast who enjoyed watching mixed martial arts and working out.
"He often liked to talk about gun control," said Garrison. "If someone had the slightest opinion on how Canada should deal with it, he would go on mini-tirades to the point where it was just better to let him wind himself down."
Mr. Garrison said Mr. Bourque had brought guns to paintball practices.
"He loved his guns," Mr. Garrison said. "He thought no one should comment on what kind of guns he should own."
Kathleen Isaac, who lives near where the shooting incident occurred, said she got stuck in traffic on the way home Wednesday night, after picking up her eldest daughter, amid endless police cars and ambulances zooming by. "I thought there was a bad accident on the highway or something."
After getting home, she locked the doors, closed the windows and the shut the blinds and has been holed up there ever since. "It is total fear around here," she said. "We can't even get out of our house, and I am running out of milk here for the kids."
The attack was one of the deadliest involving Canadian police in years. In 2005, four RCMP officers were killed in Alberta by a lone gunman"
Another article :
http://edition.cnn.com/2014/06/04/world/americas/canada-shooting/
Police in New Brunswick scoured overnight for a man they say fatally shot three of their officers and wounded two others in the Canadian province.
"Shooter still believed to be in Pinehurst Subdivision area of Moncton. Stay locked inside. Leave outdoor lights on," the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in New Brunswick tweeted early Thursday morning.
Police sent other warnings Wednesday night to those in Moncton, a city of just over 100,000 people some 90 miles (150 kilometers) northeast of St. John and 150 miles north of Halifax.
Police posted to social media a photograph of a man dressed in fatigues, carrying what appeared to be a rifle.
"Stay safe. Motorist stay away from area," another tweet read.
The RCMP has identified the suspect as 24-year-old Justin Bourque, warning that the Moncton resident should be considered armed and dangerous. It posted a photograph of a man dressed in fatigues, carrying what appeared to be a rifle.
"The RCMP received a call at 7:20 p.m. Atlantic Time of a man wearing camouflage clothing, carrying firearms, and walking into the woods," Staff Sgt. Julie Gagnon said.
She said the three officers killed were from the RCMP's Codiac regional office in New Brunswick.
Helicopters were flying over the neighborhood, according to Isabelle LeBlanc, spokeswoman for the City of Moncton. She lives in the area that is currently on lockdown.
All entrances to the neighborhood are blocked off, she said. Her husband has not been able to reach their home.
She said some buses have been pulled off the road because of the concern for public safety.
At least two people who suffered gunshot wounds and were taken to The Moncton Hospital, health authority spokeswoman Carolyn McCormack said. The hospital later added that a third gunshot victim had been admitted.
It was not immediately clear if those were among the five police officers who have been shot, including three fatally.
"(The hospital) is restricting visitors to those with critically ill family members," an affiliated Facebook page noted. "All others are asked to refrain from visiting at this time."
3 police officers died on duty, and several injured, hopefully the hunt will end soon, no more death, I wished the shooter will surrender soon
More updates here :
http://globalnews.ca/news/1374998/rcmp-officers-shot-in-moncton-reports/
"
LATEST UPDATES:
- Heavily armed police officers have removed a robot and left an apartment complex in Moncton.
- Suspected shooter spotted three times on Thursday morning.
- Alleged gunman identified as Justin Bourque, who is believed to be hiding in Moncton’s north end.
- Police have urged people to stay in their homes with the doors locked. See the marked map here.
- RCMP will provide an update at 4:30 p.m. local time / 3:30 p.m. ET "
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http://globalnews.ca/news/1375802/who-is-justin-bourque-suspect-in-moncton-shooting/
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Heavily armed RCMP officers in Moncton, N.B. continue to hunt for Justin Bourque, a gunman suspected of killing three officers and injuring two others.
Not much is known about Bourque, however police have released a few details about the suspect.
Late Wednesday, New Brunswick RCMP tweeted a photograph of the suspect wearing military-style camouflage and carrying two rifles.
Police spotted Bourque between 7:30 and 8 a.m. on Thursday, but were unable to apprehend him. There have been two other unconfirmed sightings on Thursday.
RCMP Commanding Officer Roger Brown and Supt. Marlene Snowman told media Thursday morning the suspect was still at large and asked residents in a large portion of the city to remain inside and lock their doors while police continue to search for the Moncton man.
In a press conference, police said Bourque is “very mobile” and “armed and dangerous.” They said the young man, in his 20s, was not known to police prior to Wednesday’s shooting.
Police could not provide any additional details about Bourque, but said they were contacting his family and workplace to gather information.
Officials asked the public to stay at home, stay off the streets and to call 911 if they see anything.
Social media
Police also asked the public to refrain from posting any information about the police operation on social media as Bourque remains at large.
A woman named Caitlin Isaac spoke to media on Thursday, claiming she is a former coworker of Bourque’s.
In an interview with Business Insider, Isaac said she worked with Bourque at a Walmart years ago. She said he was fired and that he always “seemed to have a problem with authority.”
A person named Caitlin Isaac is “friends” with an individual named Justin Bourque on Facebook. The Facebook page contains posts and memes about police, guns and shootings.
NOTE: It has not been confirmed that the Facebook page in question belongs to the suspect still at large in Moncton.
The most recent post on the Facebook page from Wednesday evening contains lyrics to a song, “Hook in Mouth,” by metal band Megadeth. Two Facebook “friends” of the poster commented below the lyrics, one saying “You knew this wasn’t the answer.”
Justin Bourque Facebook post.
Another post added to the Facebook page on Wednesday features a photo with a quote from comedian Dave Chappelle, “You ever notice a cop will pull you over for a light out, but if your car is broke down they drive right past you?”
Global News has reached out to the creator of the Facebook page, but did not receive a response at the time of publishing.
On Thursday, a local gun and outdoor supply store, Worlds End Warehouse, issued a statement, making reference to the Moncton shooting suspect.
The statement, posted on the store’s Facebook page, read:
“To prevent pointless media speculation we can confirm that the suspect in this case whilst known personally by employees of our store, was never a customer and never purchased firearms or ammunition from us.”
His alleged FB account : https://www.facebook.com/justin.bourque.5682, the posts are mostly gun related.
The shooter has been arrested :
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/justin-bourque-moncton-shooting-suspectin-police-custody-1.2666921
" Justin Bourque, the man wanted in the shooting deaths of three Mounties in Moncton, has been apprehended by RCMP in New Brunswick.
Justin Bourque arrested by RCMP at 12:10 in Moncton. He is in police custody. Residents of north Moncton can now leave their homes.
— RCMP New Brunswick (@RCMPNB) June 6, 2014
Paul Greene, a spokesman with the RCMP, said Bourque was arrested in Moncton at 12:10 a.m. AT Friday.
RCMP advised residents of north Moncton, who had been on lockdown while the manhunt for Bourque was underway, that they can now leave their homes.
Bourque, 24, is suspected of carrying out a shooting Wednesday evening in the northwest area of the city in which three RCMP officers were killed and two wounded.
Justin Bourque was arrested at 12:10 a.m. AT Friday. (Wade Perry)
Police, including tactical officers, began their manhunt for the shooter Wednesday at around 7:30 p.m. AT after responding to a call about a man walking along a road with what was believed to be a gun.
After the call, shots were fired and officers called for backup.
The RCMP said police officers from across the country were brought in to help arrest the suspect. "
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