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Suspect in Attack on Constables Found Dead, Canadian Police Reports

© REUTERS / Dan RiedlhuberPolice officers man the perimeter of a crime scene in St. Albert, Alberta, where two RCMP officers sustained significant injuries after being shot at the Apex Casino, January 17, 2015
Police officers man the perimeter of a crime scene in St. Albert, Alberta, where two RCMP officers sustained significant injuries after being shot at the Apex Casino, January 17, 2015 - Sputnik International
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Royal Canadian Mounted Police stated that the man suspected in the Saturday attack on two Canadian constables in St. Albert, had been found dead.

MOSCOW, January 18 (Sputnik) – The man suspected in the Saturday attack on two Canadian constables in St. Albert, a suburb of Edmonton, the capital of Alberta province, has been found dead, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) announced in a statement.

Police contain the scene where two RCMP officers were shot in St. Albert, Alberta, Canada, on Saturday, Jan. 17, 2015 - Sputnik International
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Canadian Police Locate Suspect in Shooting of Two Officers
"The RCMP can now confirm that the suspect, who shot two RCMP officers earlier this morning in St. Albert, was located deceased in an unoccupied private residence in a rural area east of St. Albert," the statement, released Saturday, said.

According to the statement, police had tracked the suspect to the location after the attack and have "directed the Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT) to initiate an independent review of the circumstances of the suspect's death".

Meanwhile, the two officers wounded in the Saturday attack remain at the hospital. According to RCMP, Constable David Matthew Wynn, 42, is in "grave condition", while Auxiliary Constable Derek Walter Bond, 49, is in "serious but stable condition".

According to RCMP, the officers were shot and wounded while conducting an investigation near a golf course in St. Albert.

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