Gunman kills three Mounties, wounds two more

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Police released this picture
of suspect Justin Bourque after the shootout.

Canada shooting:
Gunman on the loose
after three police officers
shot dead in gun battle

Rob Williams
The Independent

A manhunt is under way in the Canadian city of Moncton after a gunman shot dead three members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and left two others injured.

Residents of Moncton, a city of about 69,000 people around 95 miles (150 kilometers) northeast of St. John, New Brunswick, have been warned to stay inside and lock their doors after a man identified as Justin Bourque, 24, went on a shooting rampage shortly before 19.20 local time (22:20 GMT).

The Royal Canadian Mounted police tweeted an image of the suspect wearing military camouflage and wielding two guns. Police in New Brunswick also confirmed on their Twitter feed that three officers had been killed and that two others had sustained 'non-life threatening' injuries.

Police road blocks have been set up in the area and drivers have been warned to stay away.

In a macabre twist to the story a Facebook page, which appears to belong to the suspect, was active shortly before and during the city-wide manhunt.

A post written 11 hours ago by Justin Bourque from Moncton featured the lyrics to the Megadeth song 'Hook in Mouth.'

'Don't try to fool us, we know the worst is yet to come. / I believe my kingdom will come,' the Facebook user wrote.

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SHOOTER STILL AT LARGE

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TV from Moncton:

http://streema.com/tv/play/CTV_Atlantic_Moncton

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Justin Bourque, Moncton shooting suspect, in police custody

'Justin came out with his hands up, and he said, "I'm done,"' eyewitness tells CBC News

CBC News

Justin Bourque, the 24-year-old suspected of carrying out a shooting that left three Mounties dead and two others wounded, has been apprehended by RCMP in Moncton, N.B.

RCMP spokesman Paul Greene said Bourque was arrested at 12:10 a.m. AT Friday.

Moncton resident Michelle Thibodeau told CBC News and other media that Bourque was arrested in her backyard in the northwest part of the city where the shooting occurred and which had been on lockdown while the manhunt for the suspect was underway.

Police advised residents on Twitter soon after the arrest that they can now leave their homes and move freely. The City of Moncton tweeted that city services, including buses, will resume as usual Friday. Schools will remain closed.

RCMP will hold a NEWS CONFERENCE to provide further details of the arrest at just after 8 a.m. AT in Moncton. The Canadian Press reported that Bourque is being held at the RCMP detachment in Sackville, N.B.

Thibodeau said she saw police officers head into a patch of trees in her yard and heard five minutes of screaming.

“Justin came out with his hands up, and he said, 'I'm done,'" she told CBC News.

She said he was wearing the same clothes he had been seen in Wednesday and was dripping wet, likely from the rain that was falling in Moncton at the time.

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