A man wanted for the killing of three police officers and wounding two others has been seen three times near the Canadian east coast city where the gun attack took place.
The shootings began after police responded to a call about an armed man in north Moncton, New Brunswick province, at 7.30pm (11.30pm UK time).
Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) regional commander Roger Brown said: "The RCMP family is hurting," with his officers "working through (their) worst nightmare".
Police say the wanted man, Justin Bourque, 24, was seen in three different places around Moncton, the latest instance on Thursday morning.
The manhunt began after the attacker, reportedly wearing a camouflage outfit, began firing at officers in the normally quiet city of 69,000 people.
The window of the police car is shattered Officers say Bourque, who is from Moncton, is considered "armed and dangerous".
Police released a map of a large portion of the northwest section of the city, including a heavily wooded area, where they wanted people to remain inside with their doors locked.
Schools and government offices were closed, and the city took its buses off the roads. Postal delivery was suspended.
RCMP in New Brunswick confirmed the three officers' deaths on its Twitter feed.
The two other officers had non-life threatening injuries and were in a stable condition in hospital.
The force tweeted an image of a suspect wearing military camouflage and wielding two guns.
A video has emerged showing officers taking cover behind police cars and which apparently shows the moment the gunmen opened fire.
There are two thuds and an unnamed person in the footage said: "He shot him, he shot a cop."
The police officers were shot dead in Moncton on the east coast of Canada Witness Danny Leblanc, 42, said he saw the gunman in the distance on Wednesday evening standing in the middle of the street with his gun pointed at police vehicles.
The construction worker said he believed it was an RCMP officer he was looking at until he heard a burst of automatic gunfire coming from the man's gun.
He said he quickly went back into his home and remained there with his family.
Mr Leblanc said: "It's devastating. I don't know if he was on a hunt for them, or what."
At one point a neighbour posted on social media that their kitchen window was shattered by gunfire.
Another witness said she saw an injured officer being taken away.
The unnamed woman said: "We just came outside. My daughter said there were police in the area, and we noticed that there was a lockdown on the street, they wouldn't let anybody in or out, they were turning vehicles around.
"And we noticed there was a staff supervisor vehicle that had taken an injured officer away, the lady liked like she was, like, really hurt."
RCMP Constable Damien Theriault, who appeared emotional during a news conference, said he personally knew the officers who were killed.
Constable Theriault asked the public not to disclose any information about the police operation or locations of officers on social media.
Moncton mayor George LeBlanc urged all residents to pay strict attention to the RCMP warnings.
Such violence is rare in Canada, particularly on Canada's east coast.
Constable Theriault said Moncton did not have a homicide in 2013 or this year until Wednesday evening.
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