At Least Four Dead and Suspect in Custody in New Brunswick Shooting

The BBC is reporting that there has been a shooting in Fredericton, New Brunswick. Stating that “Canadian police say a suspect is in custody after at least four people were killed in a shooting in the eastern city of Fredericton, New Brunswick.”

Police in Fredericton tweeted in a series of tweets about 7AM CDT:

“We are asking people to avoid the area of Brookside Drive this morning due to an ongoing incident. We will provide more details as soon as we can.

Fredericton Police are responding Brookside Drive area. The public is asked to avoid the area and stay in their homes with doors locked at this time for their safety.

Re: Shooting. At this time, we can confirm multiple fatalities. The incident is ongoing. More information will be available when we can. Please continue to avoid the area of Brookside Drive between Main and Ring Road.

Please continue to avoid the area of Brookside Drive between Main and Ring Road. An incident has resulted in at least four people killed. More information will be available when we can confirm.

Thank you for your patience as we continue to work at this active incident. This is the account to follow for all accurate and factual information.

IMPORTANT: Please do not post information about the position or activities of police or first responders.

We are still working an active incident. We will release confirmed information as soon as we can.

UDPATE: At this time we can confirm that we have one suspect in custody.

Police continue to have the Brookside area contained for the foreseeable future as the investigation is ongoing.

Please continue to avoid the area and follow us for the facts.”

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