Justin Christian Bourque, 24, who was wearing military camouflage and wore a brown headband and heavily armed carrying two military-style assault rifles with high capacity magazines, a bow and a knife. A manhunt for the shooter was launched and continued overnight and into 5 June. On 6 June, Bourque was found at 12:10 a.m. and taken into custody, ending the approximate 28-hour manhunt. The incident began at 7:20 p.m. when police received reports of a man in camouflage carrying two long guns and a crossbow. Openly carrying non-restricted firearms in Canada is legal provided they are unloaded during transportation. Bourque ambushed the responding officers with a shootout that left three RCMP officers killed, Const Ross who joined the force in 2007, Const.
. The shooter then fled the scene. Pinehurst Park area of Moncton was locked down while the search for the shooter was in progress; public buses were pulled from the streets, and all entrances to the affected area were sealed. Multiple sightings of the suspect, including by police, continued in the second day of the manhunt. Up to 300 police personnel were involved in the search. Pedestrians and motorists were asked to stay away from the area of the search and schools, government offices, stores, and businesses were closed. Residents were later instructed to lock their doors, leave their exterior lights on, and refrain from broadcasting police movements on social media sites. The next day, police surrounded an apartment building and were broadcasting a demand to exit over a public address system. More than a dozen armed officers surrounding the building and deployed a robot with a camera inside at approximately 3:00 p.m. Minutes later, they left the apartment complex after finding no sign of the suspect. The report that called police over to the building later turned out to be a false alarm. A police helicopter with thermal -imaging cameras was searching Moncton. At least two armored cars were borrowed by the mounted police to transport heavily armed tactical team members. On June 6, 2014, at 12:10 a.m. the suspect was arrested by the RCMP after being found in a yard on Mecca Drive. While being taken into custody, he reportedly told police, “I’m done.”
Coliseum was filled to capacity with 7,000 attending. Because of the large crowds attending 10 more places were made available for people which were also filled to capacity adding another 7,000 which was not including the people who showed up along the streets for the funeral. His wife Rachael picked out the song
On June 6, 2014, Justin Christian Bourque made his first court appearance. Bourque faces three counts of first-degree murder and two counts of attempted murder in connection to the shooting deaths of three RCMP officers and the wounding of two more. Justin Bourque had no previous criminal record. On 8/8/14
