RCMP looking for second weapon in Killam shootings
Posted Feb 17, 2012 11:46 am.
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Investigators are looking for another weapon believed to have been with the man accused in the shooting of two Alberta RCMP constables.
Police say they are looking for a Colt 5.56-mm semi-automatic law enforcement carbine.
The gun can be bought by the public and is not used exclusively by police officers.
About 25 Mounties with service dogs are conducting a foot search in an area southeast of Killam, where the shootings occurred February 7, 2012.
Sawyer Clarke Robison faces two counts of attempted murder and is to make his first court appearance in Killam on Tuesday.
The truck he is believed to have been driving was found earlier this week along with an unloaded .50-calibre sniper rifle.
