The Brown Hornet
12-23-2001, 04:30
I have had the unique priviledge to work with several members of this world class agency. This is truly a tragedy felt on both sides of the border....
Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer murdered....
Boundary jumping manhunt ends as cops gun down fugitive in Sask.
The cold-blooded killing of a Manitoba Mountie yesterday sparked a 14-hour manhunt which ended when one of three suspects was gunned down by police outside a hotel in Saskatchewan.
The suspects, two men and a woman, were wanted in the shooting death of RCMP Const. Dennis Strongquill, who died just after midnight in Russell, Man.
They left a trail of blood and bullets in their wake as police from both provinces tracked them down, and they've been linked to at least two more shootings reported yesterday.
The first took place outside the RCMP detachment in Russell, shortly after Strongquill and his partner pulled over a truck outside town.
The truck's passengers opened fire on the two officers, chased them to the RCMP detachment, and rammed into their cruiser car.
Strongquill, a 20-year-veteran, was shot and killed when he got out of his vehicle.
The three suspects quickly fled, but it wasn't long before they showed up again.
"They took off out of town toward a rural area," said RCMP Const. Dave Peter. "Along the way through the rural area, they've been dropping off cars they'd stolen, and picking up cars from yards ... stealing and stealing and re-stealing so they're not caught."
The suspects were soon spotted near Langenburg, Sask., where they stole a pickup truck from a farmyard outside town. Darcy Kendel, the man whose truck was stolen, later learned the suspects had shot at police.
"I don't think killing anyone else would have bothered them at all," Kendel said. Peter said the suspects had guns blazing again while stealing a vehicle near Esterhazy, Sask. "The individual who owned the car saw them doing it, jumped in a second car, and went after them," Peter said. "That's when they started shooting at him."
Another pickup truck was stolen near Broadview, Sask., about 150 kilometres east of Regina. A third vehicle was later stolen from the same area.
Cornered
Just after 2:30 p.m., the suspects were cornered in an empty hotel near Wolseley, Sask., about 100 km east of Regina. The suspects tried to flee from the hotel before police could establish contact with them. A gunfight ensued, and one of the suspects, a man, was killed. The other two suspects surrendered to police. Their names have not been released. All three are from Alberta.
RCMP Sgt. Steve Saunders said emergency response teams from Winnipeg and Regina were mobilized as the hunt for the suspects progressed, with "virtually every member" in southern Saskatchewan and southwestern Manitoba involved.
Officers from Alberta were also put on alert.
Saunders said Strongquill was apparently heading on a coffee break when he pulled the suspects' truck over. The truck, bearing Alberta plates, had failed to dim its headlights while approaching Strongquill's cruiser. Strongquill was the senior constable of a new, all-aboriginal detachment at Waywayseecappo. He had six children, including a daughter born just six weeks ago.
Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer murdered....
Boundary jumping manhunt ends as cops gun down fugitive in Sask.
The cold-blooded killing of a Manitoba Mountie yesterday sparked a 14-hour manhunt which ended when one of three suspects was gunned down by police outside a hotel in Saskatchewan.
The suspects, two men and a woman, were wanted in the shooting death of RCMP Const. Dennis Strongquill, who died just after midnight in Russell, Man.
They left a trail of blood and bullets in their wake as police from both provinces tracked them down, and they've been linked to at least two more shootings reported yesterday.
The first took place outside the RCMP detachment in Russell, shortly after Strongquill and his partner pulled over a truck outside town.
The truck's passengers opened fire on the two officers, chased them to the RCMP detachment, and rammed into their cruiser car.
Strongquill, a 20-year-veteran, was shot and killed when he got out of his vehicle.
The three suspects quickly fled, but it wasn't long before they showed up again.
"They took off out of town toward a rural area," said RCMP Const. Dave Peter. "Along the way through the rural area, they've been dropping off cars they'd stolen, and picking up cars from yards ... stealing and stealing and re-stealing so they're not caught."
The suspects were soon spotted near Langenburg, Sask., where they stole a pickup truck from a farmyard outside town. Darcy Kendel, the man whose truck was stolen, later learned the suspects had shot at police.
"I don't think killing anyone else would have bothered them at all," Kendel said. Peter said the suspects had guns blazing again while stealing a vehicle near Esterhazy, Sask. "The individual who owned the car saw them doing it, jumped in a second car, and went after them," Peter said. "That's when they started shooting at him."
Another pickup truck was stolen near Broadview, Sask., about 150 kilometres east of Regina. A third vehicle was later stolen from the same area.
Cornered
Just after 2:30 p.m., the suspects were cornered in an empty hotel near Wolseley, Sask., about 100 km east of Regina. The suspects tried to flee from the hotel before police could establish contact with them. A gunfight ensued, and one of the suspects, a man, was killed. The other two suspects surrendered to police. Their names have not been released. All three are from Alberta.
RCMP Sgt. Steve Saunders said emergency response teams from Winnipeg and Regina were mobilized as the hunt for the suspects progressed, with "virtually every member" in southern Saskatchewan and southwestern Manitoba involved.
Officers from Alberta were also put on alert.
Saunders said Strongquill was apparently heading on a coffee break when he pulled the suspects' truck over. The truck, bearing Alberta plates, had failed to dim its headlights while approaching Strongquill's cruiser. Strongquill was the senior constable of a new, all-aboriginal detachment at Waywayseecappo. He had six children, including a daughter born just six weeks ago.