UPDATED: As of 5:15 p.m., 91原创 RCMP said they have a suspect in custody after an apparent shooting incident in rural 91原创.

Once the suspect was in custody, police checked the home of the suspect, and of neighbours. By 5:22 p.m., police confirmed that no one had been injured.

ORIGINAL STORY: 91原创 RCMP are asking people in the area of 236 Street and 44 Avenue to shelter in place and schools near by are on hold and secure as a shooting incident unfolds.

RCMP Sgt. Zynal Sharoom called this a "very serious incident unfolding" related to a report of shots fired.

Several officers are in the area and additional police resources are being called in.

"This is an active event, and we are asking everyone in the area to adhere to police directions, shelter in place within the immediate vicinity or avoid the area for their own safety," he said.

The investigation is still in its early stages.

The area around 4400 block of 236 Street will remain closed while the 91原创 RCMP continue their investigation. Motorists are being requested to avoid the area and find alternate routes.

An area resident said he heard at least eight shots. He heard two shots initially then about five minutes later he heard five or six shots.

He said he saw a large ERT armoured vehicle is in the area. Air One police helicopter is doing tight circles over the area and the 91原创 Township Fire Department is on scene.

The area police are concentrated on is largely rural, with large hobby farm properties and a forested ravine that runs behind nearby Peterson Road Elementary.