Police in northern Alberta said officers were investigating, after a woman was found dead in a home located in a community near High Prairie, Alberta.
High Prairie RCMP said on September 8 at about 2:30 p.m., officers were called to a home at the Atikameg First Nation, after a deceased woman was found inside.
When officers arrived, witnesses said that while they were on their way over, a man with a firearm had entered the residence.
The Police Dog Service, and an RCMP Emergency Response Team responded along with High Prairie RCMP – when officers entered the home, they found the body of Mary Ann Thunder, 83, and a deceased male.
The male has not been identified, police said.
Autopsies are scheduled for Wednesday, September 10, when cause and manner of death will be determined by the Medical Examiner.
Anyone with information on the deaths is asked to call High Prairie RCMP at 780-523-3370.
