RCMP are looking for a 29-year-old man after a 17-year-old was shot in the Samson Cree Nation townsite early Wednesday morning.
RCMP responded to a call of shots fired on Samson Cree Nation at 2:30 a.m.
Members found a 17-year-old male who had been shot. He was taken to hospital and is expected to recover from his injuries, RCMP said.
RCMP have identified the suspect as 29-year-old Jesse Cabry of Maskwacis.
The K Division Emergency Response Team was sent to the area to assist in the arrest but Cabry was not found, police said.
RCMP have obtained a warrant for Cabry's arrest for the charges of attempted murder while using a firearm and pointing a firearm.
Cabry is known to frequent Maskwacis and is described as:
- Indigenous
- Long brown hair
- Brown eyes
- 6'1"
- 170 pounds
- Slender build
"If located, do not approach as Jesse Cabry is believed to be armed and dangerous," Mounties said in a release.
Anyone with information on Cabry's current location is asked to call 911.
Samson Cree Nation is approximately 100 kilometres south of Edmonton.
