BRETON, Alberta, Dec. 4 (UPI) -- Two Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers were among several people injured during weekend gunfire at a home in Breton, Alberta, police said Sunday.
RCMP Sgt. Tim Taniguchi said one mountie suffered superficial gunshot wounds and the second's injuries were more serious, the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. reported.
The CBC said one of the injured mounties has 10 years' experience and the other 30 years, and both worked out of the Red Deer detachment.
The incident started about 5:20 p.m. Saturday when the officers responded to a call from a 35-year-old man who had sustained a non-life-threatening gunshot wound.
Neighbors were evacuated from the area and mounties secured the area around the home. About 3:30 a.m. Sunday, individuals inside the home and mounties exchanged shots.
Two emergency response team members were wounded and were transported to an Edmonton-area hospital.
Negotiations with the people inside the residence continued until about 10:45 a.m. when a man and a woman were taken into custody. Both of them also were taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, the CBC said.
The names of the mounties and others involved were not released.
Authorities were investigating the circumstances surrounding the incident.
