SASKATOON - Saskatoon Police Service is advising the public of a heavy police presence in the 200 block of Avenue S Â鶹´«Ã½AV due to an ongoing investigation. A school in the area is closed as a precaution.
Traffic restrictions are in place and members of the public are asked to avoid the area until further notice.
RCMP had issued a dangerous person’s alert for Beardy’s and Okemasis at 9:44 a.m. Wednesday morning. The alerts were cancelled within minutes after police arrested two people.
The alert was in connection to a homicide in Saskatoon Wednesday morning. Following the shooting death, two people fled the scene and were armed.
The alert was cancelled at 9:58 a.m. by RCMP after a male and female were taken into custody. Fifteen people were taken into custody in the 200 block of Avenue S Â鶹´«Ã½AV in Saskatoon.
Saskatchewan RCMP say that investigation updates will now come from Saskatoon Police Service.
Updated 11 a.m.
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