Pukatawagan in lockdown during home invasion suspect search
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A First Nation is in lockdown while RCMP search for a man wanted in connection with a home invasion on Friday.
A community-wide mandatory lockdown is in effect in Pukatawagan due to the “ongoing safety issue,” said a band councillor in a social media post.
The Facebook post told people to “remain at home and not go out walking or visiting.”
All public places in the remote, fly-in reserve about 700 kilometres northwest of Winnipeg have been closed, including stores, the band office and the school.
RCMP said Sunday a Winnipeg man, 23-year-old Creedan Bighetty, is wanted in connection with the armed home invasion.
Mounties allege he and two teens busted into a home in the First Nation at about 11 p.m. on Friday while armed with guns.
The two teenage boys were arrested and charged with firearms offences and breaking and entering.