Serious police incident on Winnipeg Street between 4th & 5th Avenues

PRINCE GEORGE — Update: RCMP have released more information regarding today’s police incident on Winnipeg Street.

Police say that shortly after 2 p.m., RCMP officers attempted a traffic stop of a suspicious vehicle. The vehicle did not stop and instead fled the area. When a second police vehicle attempted to stop the vehicle around the area of 10th Avenue and Carney Street, the driver rammed the police car and fled from police a second time.

“Police officers flooded the area in search of the suspect vehicle, which as located near Ross Crescent and 5th Avenue,” says Cpl. Jennifer Cooper. “After colliding with a police car at this location, three suspects fled the area on foot. Police followed the suspects and shots were fired by police during the encounter.”