A body found at a St. John's cemetery this morning is connected to a double homicide at a health clinic in a neighbouring town, CBC News has learned.
The body was discovered at the Anglican cemetery on Kenmount Road, about 14 kilometres away from the Villa Nova Plaza in Conception Bay South where a woman and a man were shot to death around 7 p.m. Tuesday.
The Royal Newfoundland Constabulary said it cannot confirm any connection with the cemetery death and the double homicide, which triggered a dragnet through the area and temporarily shut down a busy road.
Const. Talia Murphy would not provide details on the discovery of the body at the cemetery, but said people living near the site of the shootings can breathe more easily.
"At this point, the level of fear in C.B.S. and the public safety concerns are reduced," she said.
"We do have a person of interest that we are looking at, and we do know that the three individuals involved were known to each other."
The woman was shot inside a health clinic at Villa Nova, while the man was shot outside, sources have told CBC News. The complex includes retailers and office space for doctors and physiotherapists.
Education officials kept three neighbourhood schools closed Wednesday morning: Topsail Elementary, Villanova Junior High and Holy Spirit High.
Police patrol home
Police officials had made the unusual move Tuesday night of urging residents in the surrounding area to stay inside and lock their homes. They shut down traffic on the busy road for hours.
Police kept lines up around Villa Nova Plaza in Conception Bay South, N.L., where two people were fatally shot on Tuesday evening. (Amy Stoodley/CBC )
The RNC has revealed no details about the description of the suspect.
Earlier Wednesday morning, armed RNC officers were seen patrolling a home on Chaytor's Road in the Chamberlains neighbourhood of Conception Bay South.
The connection to the homicide investigation wasn't immediately clear, although neighbours said police had been at the residence after the shootings.
Police eventually left the scene.
Overnight, they had scoured the area for signs of a suspect.
Manhunt 'huge'
The council meeting at the nearby town hall was interrupted when councillors learned of the killings.
"Cold shivers of course go up your spine ... when you learn a shooting has taken place, not just in your community, but just next door to where we were holding our public council meeting," said Ken McDonald, mayor of the town of about 25,000 southwest of St. John's.
The RNC called in multiple units to investigate the shooting.
"The manhunt was huge. They were looking for the shooter as far down as Topsail," said CBC reporter Amy Stoodley.
Stoodley added that revelations of the shooting and news that the suspect was at large had unnerved many people in Conception Bay South.
"People were pretty panicked," she said, adding that many people were anxious when they encountered police roadblocks and could not immediately join their families on the other side.
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