Justin Bourque

The shooting was both Moncton's first Homicide since 2010 and the deadliest attack on the RCMP since the Mayerthorpe tragedy in 2005, which left four RCMP officers dead.

Bourque intended for the shootings to Trigger a rebellion against the Canadian government.

The Moncton shootings were a string of shootings that took place on June 4, 2014, in Moncton, in the Canadian province of New Brunswick.

Justin Bourque, a 24-year-old Moncton resident, shot five officers from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), killing three and severely injuring two.

A manhunt for Bourque was launched and continued overnight and into June 5.

On June 6, Bourque was found and taken into custody, ending a manhunt that lasted over 28 hours.

At around 6:00 p.m. on June 4, 2014, Justin Bourque purchased three boxes of ammunition in the presence of a friend, who did not find it unusual since the two of them planned to go to a shooting range.

During the late hours of that same day, Bourque left his rented home, dressed in camouflage and carrying an M14 rifle and a shotgun.

He calmly walked down a road in his trailer park, passing several neighbours along the way.

At 7:18 p.m. ADT, the first 9-1-1 call was made to police about an armed man walking down a sidewalk on Pioneer Avenue and towards the woods west of the street.

Twelve officers of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) responded to the scene and set up a perimeter around the woods and the surrounding neighbourhood.

Bourque was first seen by Constable Mathieu Daigle stepping out of the forest, crossing a street, and entering another wooded area that bordered the backyards of several houses.

Daigle sent out a radio transmission describing Bourque, but some radio static was heard, which made the description difficult to understand.

Daigle was then joined by Csts.

Fabrice Gevaudan and Rob Nickerson as they trailed Bourque, who was headed toward a house on Bromfield Court, where five other officers were positioned.

All of the officers were intending on maintaining visual contact on Bourque while waiting for the arrival of Police Dog Services, who were scheduled to arrive in a few minutes.

Bourque first opened fire at 7:46 p.m. after heading towards a backyard, during which he allegedly heard one of the officers shouting, "Hey!"

He fired three shots at Gevaudan, all of which missed.

Gevaudan fled and radioed the officers that he was being shot at, before being hit twice in the torso from about 30 meters away.

He died almost instantly.

Gevaudan's body was found a few minutes later and dragged into a nearby garage by other officers, where CPR was attempted.

Bourque then fled the woods and emerged southeast of McCoy Street, where he continued walking in a straight line on Mailhot Avenue.

There, two minutes after he shot Gevaudan, he encountered Constable David Ross, who was driving a police SUV down the road.

Ross drew his service pistol and accelerated his vehicle towards Bourque as he was turning to face his direction.

Ross fired two shots at Bourque through his windshield, while Bourque returned fire with his M14 rifle, firing six shots back at him.

Ross was shot twice in the hand and left shoulder, with a third fatal shot being directed at the head.

It was believed Ross was attempting to hit Bourque with his vehicle or get within range to open fire with his service weapon.

Constable Eric White later found his body still slumped inside the driver's seat before being forced to take cover behind the vehicle after spotting Bourque taking aim at him from further down the street.

At 7:54 p.m., Constable Martine Benoît arrived at the intersection of Hildegard Drive and Mailhot Avenue, being guided there by a civilian who was following Bourque and reporting where he was headed via 9-1-1 call.

Bourque, taking cover in a deeply shaded and wooded ditch, opened fire on her and disabled her police vehicle with gunfire, preventing her from escaping.

Constable Éric Stéphane J. Dubois responded to assist her and was wounded by gunfire while trying to give Benoît additional cover.

Bourque then crossed Hildegard Drive and left, allowing Dubois to flee to the local fire station nearby.

Benoît, unaware that she was safe, remained inside her vehicle for a period of time and had to be picked up by another officer.

At 7:59 p.m., seconds after the Hildegard shooting, Constable Marie Darlene Goguen responded to the fire station in her police vehicle, whereupon she was fired at while still seated inside and hit twice.

Goguen was able to flee from the immediate vicinity with the help of Constable Donnie Robertson.

Both Dubois and Goguen survived their gunshot wounds.

At this point, communications became confusing and chaotic, with the details of casualties, shooting locations, and Bourque's location varying.

At 8:04 p.m., Constable Douglas Larche, who was plain-clothed but also wearing body armour, and armed with a shotgun, responded at Mailhot Avenue.

There, he was spotted by Bourque, who then concealed himself behind several trees and fired four shots at him, wounding him.

Larche returned fire with seven shots from his service pistol.