Focus of Manhunt for B.C. Murder Suspects Shifts to York Landing, MB.

An RCMP officer shines a light into an open garage at a home in the Gillam, MB., area in July 27, 2019, police image published to social media. HO-Twitter, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, @rcmpmb/The Canadian Press

GILLAM, MB—A new tip has led police involved in the escalating manhunt for two B.C. murder suspects to another remote community in northern Manitoba.

RCMP posted an update on Twitter late Sunday afternoon saying they were sending helicopters, a plane, heavily armed officers, and police canine units to York Landing to investigate a tip that Bryer Schmegelsky, 18, and 19-year-old Kam McLeod of Port Alberni, B.C., may have been spotted in the area.