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The main street of a small Alberta town erupted in bloody chaos Friday, leaving two people dead and three RCMP officers wounded in a terrifying series of events police could only describe as “horrific.”

It started around the supper hour, just as shops in the quiet town of St. Paul were closing and people were heading home or to restaurants for supper.

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Chief Supt. Randy McGinnis said suddenly, gunshots were heard just outside the town’s RCMP detachment. Members ran out and saw a black Dodge pickup truck leaving the parking lot and speeding eastbound toward main street.

At the same time, a call was coming in about a male in distress at another location. Mounties responded and transported an injured man to hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

“We don’t know if there’s any connection between the deceased and the black Dodge pickup truck,” said McGinnis, but it is being investigated.

Meanwhile, other officers looking for black Dodge found it on the east side of town but it then turned around and headed back into the core, where McGinnis said it appeared to “purposely ram one of our marked police cars.”