Prince Albert police arrest 5 after high-speed chase, shots fired at house

CBC News

· Posted: Apr 21, 2025 2:52 PM EDT | Last Updated: 7 minutes ago

Prince Albert constabulary arrested 5 radical pursuing a high-speed pursuit and shots being fired astatine a location connected Saturday.

Officers were called to the 800 artifact of 12th Street West for a weapons ailment connected Saturday astatine astir 7 p.m. CST, according to a Monday quality release. The constabulary work says radical exited a vehicle, changeable astatine a house, and past drove distant successful a southbound direction. 

Police began a pursuit with Saskatchewan RCMP joining successful to help.

Police said 1 of the radical successful the conveyance started peeking retired the model and shooting astatine the officers midway done the pursuit arsenic they were driving on Highway 55 East.

The conveyance was yet brought to a halt aft being boxed successful by constabulary vehicles successful Little Red Park, and police accidental nary officers were injured during the pursuit.

Police recovered a .22 calibre sawed-off rifle, knives, a machete and carnivore spray successful the vehicle.

The 5 occupants of the vehicle — a 32-year-old man, 2 30-year-old men, a 21-year-old man and a 28-year-old  woman — person been charged with aggregate firearms related charges, discharging a firearm with intent, assaulting a  bid officer, resisting a bid officer, evading police and unsafe cognition of a centrifugal vehicle.

The 32-year-old antheral was besides charged with possession of meth and cocaine for the intent of trafficking, and  possession of the proceeds of transgression nether $5,000. 

All 5 are scheduled to look successful Prince Albert Provincial Court connected Monday.