News release

RCMP Underwater Recovery Team (URT) working in PEI as part of investigation into Urbainville shooting

August 15, 2025 - Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
From: Prince Edward Island RCMP

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As part of the ongoing investigation into the shooting incident in Urbainville, RCMP have added its Underwater Recovery Team (URT) to the resources gathering evidence.

On Thursday August 14, 2025, the URT is being deployed to search waters in and around the Island to assist in the ongoing investigation. This could include ponds, lakes, streams, and ocean areas. The RCMP Underwater Recovery Team (URT) is a unique unit within the Royal Canadian Mounted Police that specializes in underwater recovery operations. This team is composed of police officers who are trained divers, focusing on both recovery of evidence and bodies in various aquatic environments. The URT operates across Canada and plays a crucial role in investigations involving submerged evidence or victims of accidents and crimes.

“Along with the extensive resources police agencies across PEI are providing to this investigation, being able to bring in the URT team increases the areas PEI RCMP can search for evidence,” says Cpl. Ellen Peters, Media Relations Officer for PEI RCMP. “We’re using Police Dog Services, drones and officers with boots on the ground to search the land areas, and now we are adding the ability to search lakes, ponds, streams and into the ocean if needed to find evidence that may contribute to this investigation,” adds Cpl. Peters.

While an arrest has not yet been made, PEI RCMP want to remind the public again, that this was a targeted incident and as such did not present a broader risk to the public for an Alert Ready message to have been issued. Police continue to pursue all avenues of investigation.

PEI RCMP remind the public, if you have information on this vehicle, contact Prince District RCMP at 902-853-9300 or 902-436-9300. You can also contact PEI Crimestoppers and remain anonymous by calling 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).

Additionally, PEI RCMP have launched an online portal through which the public can anonymously share images or video by scanning the QR code below, or clicking on this link: https://rcmp.ca.evidence.com/axon/community-request/public/20251153131

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