On June 27, 2014, East District RCMP were investigating a man and a woman involved in a number of offences including an armed robbery in La Broquerie and a vehicle theft in Falcon Beach. Attempts to apprehend the suspects were initially unsuccessful as the suspects purposefully evaded police.
When RCMP attempted to apprehend the suspects on June 28, 2014, by closing the roadway and attempting to stop the suspects at Highway 302 and the Trans-Canada Highway, the suspects drove their vehicle directly toward an RCMP officer. The officer discharged his firearm in response. The officer received minor injuries. The suspects were not injured.
Police made efforts to stop the suspects, but they evaded police and fled south on Highway 302. The suspect vehicle was driven in a dangerous manner, and in the interest of public and officer safety, the attempts to stop the suspect vehicle were called off.
Through investigation, RCMP officers located the suspects near Brandon just before midnight on June 28, 2014. The two were arrested without incident and without injury as a result of police action.
Matthew Martens, 23, from Coaldale, Alberta, is in custody and is facing numerous charges including attempted murder. Brittany Kehler, 24, from Winnipeg is in custody and is also facing multiple charges.
RCMP report that both suspects are scheduled to appear in Winnipeg Court on July 2, 2014.
