Fredericton Canada shooting: Robb Costello and Sarah May Burns identified as two police officers killed with 48-year-old suspect in custody

Shots fired in Fredericton, Canada

At least four people, including two police officers have been killed in a shooting in the eastern Canadian city of Fredericton, with one person having taken into custody.

Police in Fredericton, a city of about 56,000 that is the capital of the province of New Brunswick, have a 48-year-old suspect in custody.

Fredericton's deputy police chief Martin Gaudet said the two the officers saw two deceased civilians before being shot and killed themselves. Police chief Leanne Fitch identified the two officers as Sara Burns, 43 and Robb Costello, 45. Ms Burns was married and had three children, and Mr Costello had a partner and four children.

The two other victims are yet to be identified.

"Awful news coming out of Fredericton," Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Twitter. "My heart goes out to everyone affected by this morning's shooting. We're following the situation closely."

Three Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers were killed and two more were wounded in 2014 in Moncton, New Brunswick, about 195 km (121 miles) from Fredericton, in one of the worst incidents of its kind in Canada.

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Key Points

• Police warn residents not to post the location of first responders on social media
• Local resident told reporters he heard a sound like a firecracker
• Where is Fredericton in Canada

[10 August 2018 18:30 · Mythili Sampathkumar]

Tim Morehouse, who lives just behind the shooting scene, describes his shock and seeing bodies outside of his bedroom window in Fredericton to Global News.

[10 August 2018 18:47 · Mythili Sampathkumar]

"Chaos" is how resident David MacCoubrey described the situation. He awoke at 7am to sounds of gunshots just “10 metres from [his] bed". 

[10 August 2018 19:29 · Mythili Sampathkumar]

After the shooting just weeks ago in Toronto which resulted in two deaths and 13 people injured, the city council had overwhelmingly voted to ask the central government to ban handgun and handgun ammunition sales in the city. 

Toronto Mayor John Tory has responded to today's shooting in Fredericton, saying both communities are resilient and "we're not going to let these kinds of things take us off our course in terms of our quality of life".

[10 August 2018 20:05 · Steve Anderson]

Canadian Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale told reporters he could not discuss details of the latest shooting. He said the RCMP were assisting Fredericton authorities in the investigation.

"We'll see where this investigation leads in terms of what exactly happened, who did it, what was the motivation for doing it and the instruments of destruction that were used," he said.

"But broadly speaking, the government of Canada is obviously taking the issue of gun violence very seriously."

[10 August 2018 20:36 · Steve Anderson]

The two police officers killed in the Fredericton shooting have been identified as Sarah May Burns, 43 and Lawrence Robb Costello, 45.

The two other victims have not yet been identified.

[10 August 2018 20:47 · Steve Anderson]

The 48-year-old suspect, who has not been identified, is in hospital and being treated for serious injuries.

[10 August 2018 21:05 · Steve Anderson]

Fredericton's deputy police chief Martin Gaudet says the officers saw two deceased civilians before being shot and killed themselves. 

Fredericton police chief Leanne Fitch said the two officers were Sara Burns, 43 and Robb Costello, 45. Burns was married and had three children, and Costello had a partner and four children. 

[10 August 2018 23:21 · Steve Anderson]

Here is out final wrap of the evening:

[10 August 2018 23:21 · Steve Anderson]

And with that, we are closing this live blog - thanks for reading.