Leduc RCMP proceed to research after a automobile pulled as much as one other on Freeway 2 and a driver was fatally shot.
At round 2:50 p.m. Saturday, RCMP say a white or gray soiled pickup truck was seen pulling up beside a black 2012 Honda Civic on the freeway close to Township Street 490.
Quickly after, police say the pickup truck drove off at excessive velocity.
The Honda Civic pulled over to the facet of the highway.
In response to investigators, the driving force was shot and killed.
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Cpl. Matthew Howell, a media relations officer with the RCMP, confirmed to International Information that the driving force of the Honda Civic was not alone, however couldn’t elaborate additional on the variety of occupants or their age.
Mounties have but to disclose the id of the sufferer, and are nonetheless working to establish the suspect car.
It’s unclear if the suspect and sufferer knew each other.
The freeway was closed for a number of hours but it surely has since been reopened.
Alberta RCMP’s main crimes unit is asking anybody who could know any info or who could have dashcam video to name Leduc RCMP or Crime Stoppers.
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