EDMONTON – RCMP in northern Alberta are advising people to shelter in place after they say suspects stole firearms.

Police say in a news release that shortly after noon on Saturday, unknown suspects committed a robbery near Red Earth Creek and that several guns were taken.

They fled, but at 6 p.m., several sightings of the suspect vehicle were reported, and Mounties later located the vehicle and three suspects north of Peerless Trout First Nation.

Police say the suspects appeared to be using a jerry can to gas up the truck, and they ran into the woods when officers arrived.

They say it’s believed they took three firearms with them.

The RCMP are asking people in the area of Peerless Trout First Nation to stay in their homes, lock up, and not answer the door.

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