Vehicles thieves allegedly open fire on oilfield workers on Sunchild Road
On December 12, the Rocky Mountain House RCMP were called to the theft of a truck at a lease site on the Sunchild Road north of Highway 11.
The complainants told RCMP that the four suspects who’d stolen the vehicle had also fired multiple rounds from a rifle at them while they used a nearby building as cover.
The operator on the site was said to have initially chased the thieves as they tried to leave with the stolen vehicle when he spotted them.
The suspects ended up driving into the ditch and got stuck, at which point the suspects allegedly opened fire on the victims.