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Alberta RCMP seek help identifying man who could help investigation into shooting

EDMONTON — Mounties are asking the public to help identify a person of interest after a rural roadside shooting left one utility worker wounded and a second person dead.
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Fortis Alberta says one of its employees was shot and injured while performing routine work east of Calgary. The RCMP logo is seen in Surrey, B.C., on April 13, 2018. Mounties are asking the public to help identify a person of interest after a rural roadside shooting left one worker wounded and a second person dead. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

EDMONTON — Mounties are asking the public to help identify a person of interest after a rural roadside shooting left one utility worker wounded and a second person dead.

Driving two different trucks, the two were shot around midday Tuesday on a road just east of Calgary, sparking an emergency alert telling nearby residents to take shelter as two armed and dangerous suspects were on the loose.

RCMP have released a photo of a man with tattoos on his right arm, wearing a bucket hat.

They say they believe he may have information to help their homicide investigation, and he was seen in Cochrane on Monday between 7 a.m. and 8 a.m.

Mounties have yet to make an arrest but have said the shooting was not targeted.

RCMP say officers investigating the shooting are also looking into the theft of a quad from a property in Wheatland County reported on Wednesday afternoon.

They don't know whether the theft is connected to the shooting, but in a release Friday said officers are "following up on all potential leads."

Police have also said they want to speak to the occupants of a dark grey Volkswagen Golf Sportwagon who may have witnessed the shooting.

And they have appealed for information about a white 2013 Dodge Ram pickup truck with teal-coloured rims that was reported stolen in Calgary on Monday.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Aug. 9, 2024.

The Canadian Press

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