UPDATE
RCMP are reporting a male suspect in relation to this investigation was arrested and taken into custody this morning at approximately 3:00 a.m., near Highway 28 and Range Road 130 by RCMP Police Dog Services and officers that responded to the area.
Home owners in the area around Bonnie Lake northeast of Vilna are no longer asked to remain in their home as it is now safe.
Further updates will be provided as they become available.
Late yesterday, residents were being asked to stay away from an area northeast of Vilna where a number of RCMP detachments were working to locate a male suspect.
Smoky Lake, Boyle, Redwater and St. Paul RCMP had the Bonnie Lake area, four kilometres northeast of Vilna along Highway 28, contained. Police were asking the to public stay away from the area.
"The (Vilna) golf course has been evacuated and one male suspect is remaining at large. There is a heavy police presence and the RCMP are asking the public to remain in their home and call 911 if they see any suspicious activity," according to RCMP in a release issued last night.
This is resulting from an ongoing suspicious death investigation. Three suspects were in police custody and one remaining Indigenous male armed suspect was believed to be at large in the area. The man was described as being in his mid-20s, around 5'11" and about 140 lbs.
"Homeowners in the Bonnie Lake area need to be aware of this situation and the public needs to avoid the area."
RCMP say further information will be provided when it is available.
Background
Cold Lake RCMP and RCMP Major Crimes Unit began investigating after an adult male was found dead at the Petro Canada Gas Station on Highway 28 in Cold Lake.
On Aug. 9, at about 1 a.m., RCMP were dispatched to a report that a male had been shot in the parking lot of the Petro Canada. Four suspects left the area and police have been looking for a stolen 2018 black Nissan Murano bearing Alberta licence plate BRW 5433, which was last seen on the Cold Lake First Nations.
An autopsy has been scheduled for Aug. 13, at the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Edmonton.
