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“We are currently trying to assess that now,” said Taylor. “We are looking for, we believe, a second male, and we do not yet know whether he is in that residence or in the area around it.”

Taylor said RCMP have so far been unable to make contact with anyone inside the residence.

The RCMP has said there is no apparent danger to the community.

About half a dozen RCMP cruisers were parked at the intersection of Range Road 121 and Highway 13, a country crossroads lined by snow-covered fields dotted by a few grain silos.

The wounded officers — one with five years’ experience, the second with two years — were able to talk after the shooting and describe what had happened, Taylor said.

He would not say how many bullets struck the officers, but said they appeared to have shot in the chest or back. He would not say whether they were wearing body armour at the time.

“The incident has been referred to the Alberta Serious Incident Response Team, ASIRT,” Taylor said, “an independent agency mandated to investigate all incidents that involve serious injury or death that may have resulted from the actions of a police officer.

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“ASIRT personnel have arrived in Killam and are commencing their investigation into the police-involved shooting aspect of this incident,” said Taylor.

Officers had not been called to the residence before Tuesday, Taylor said. He said a firearm warrant was carried out Tuesday as part of an investigation that had been going on for about a week.