New Brunswick RCMP have issued an emergency alert as they search for two armed men.
The alert, issued through the Alert Ready system, went out across the province around 7:30 a.m. Thursday.
RCMP said the suspects were reported to be carrying a firearm “with dangerous intent” in Berry Mills, near Moncton
One has been identified as Léo Carrier, 50, while the other person’s name has not been released at this time.
Carrier is described as five-foot-10, weighing 170 pounds, with gray hair and hazel eyes. He has tattoos of a skull, devil, cross and storm on his chest.
The suspects were initially traveling in a black 2018 Dodge Ram 2500 without a license plate. Police are now also looking for a light-coloured Ford F150.
“If you see these individuals or vehicle the please do not approach and call 911 immediately,” RCMP said in a news release.
Schools in hold and secure
Several schools in the Anglophone East School District have been placed in hold and secure due to the police operation.
- Evergreen Park School
- Northrup Frye School
- Maplehurst Middle School
- Magnetic Hill School
- Salisbury Elementary School
- Salisbury Regional School
- Havelock School
- Petitcodiac Regional School
“Hold and Secure means movement inside the school is as usual, but nobody is permitted to enter or exit while it is in place,” Stephanie Patterson, a spokesperson for district, told our newsroom in an email.
Patterson added the superintendent enacted the hold-and-secure “out of care and caution” and the RCMP did not tell them to.
Editor’s note: An earlier version of this story said police believed the suspects may be in the Fredericton area. RCMP later said that was incorrect.
