RCMP are asking people in and around Vanderhoof, B.C., to fasten their doors and stay within as officials respond to an active shooter scenario.
a press release stated police replied to reviews of a shooter with a long gun concentrated on the RCMP detachment on Columbia Boulevard and riding across the space just after 12:15 p.m.
“Police consider the lone male suspect is riding a white Ford pickup truck with an extended cab,” the observation stated.
“the person should be thought to be armed and dangerous.”
Any Individual who sees the person should telephone 911 and not manner him, police stated.
The district of Vanderhoof, west of Prince George, has a population of around FIVE,000 people.
A localized police emergency alert has been issued to the neighborhood. Anyone in the realm will need to have received the text, RCMP said.
A localized police emergency alert used to be issued in Vanderhoof, B.C., on Thursday after studies of an energetic shooter within the community. Somebody in the area may have gained the text, RCMP mentioned. (Andrew Kurjata/CBC)