Three people, including the suspected gunman, were killed in a shooting spree early Monday in the Canadian province of British Columbia, police said.

According to Reuters, authorities had earlier issued an emergency alert for multiple shootings in the town of Langley involving homeless people and asked residents to stay away from the area.

"We are actively investigating a series of shootings that have left two dead, one in critical condition and another with serious injuries," said Chief Inspector Ghalib Bhayani of the RCMP regional force.

"At the moment we do not know the motive for this deadly incident and we do not know if there was any connection between the deceased suspect and the victims."

Police in Langley, a suburb of Vancouver, said they responded to "multiple reports of shots fired with multiple victims and several different scenes throughout the City of Langley, and one scene in the Township of Langley" and asked the public to stay put. outside several areas, including a casino parking lot and a bus stop.