A person has been arrested in reference to a capturing close to Tobique Narrows, N.B., however police proceed to seek for one other suspect.
A 21-year-old was taken into custody Saturday.
“Via data gathered through the course of the investigation, police now consider there have been two folks within the car when the firearm was discharged at police,” New Brunswick RCMP mentioned in a information launch Sunday.
RCMP mentioned it’s ramping up patrols within the space of Tobique Narrows, Plaster Rock and Perth-Andover to search out 25-year-old suspect Stephen Perley Jr.
The suspect is taken into account armed and harmful and shouldn’t be approached.
RCMP say anybody who sees the suspect ought to name 911 instantly. RCMP mentioned Perley Jr. is five-foot-10 with a small construct. He has brown hair and brown eyes.
“Residents might discover an elevated police presence, together with specialised providers equivalent to RCMP Air Companies, Police Canine Companies, Forensic Identification Companies and others,” police mentioned within the launch.
RCMP say officers responded to a grievance of a person who pointed and fired a firearm in Medford, N.B., round 7:20 p.m. native time Friday.
The person fled in a car and headed south.
Round 8:05 p.m., police tried to cease the suspect on Route 105 in Tobique Narrows, which is about 10 kilometres south of Medford. RCMP say the suspect fired at police, and the police car was hit, however nobody was injured.
RCMP discovered the suspect’s car Saturday, between Plaster Rock and Perth-Andover.
Police on Saturday evening introduced that the alert message it issued for these three areas was not energetic , however that they’re nonetheless investigating the incident and looking for Perley Jr.
