Officials have released the names of two RCMP officers shot in Saskatchewan, while police continue to search for the gunman.

Const. Robin Cameron, 29, and Const. Marc Bourdages were shot Friday night near the small farming community of Mildred. The town is located about 140 kilometres west of Prince Albert.

Police in Saskatchewan are looked for alleged shooter Curtis Alfred Dagenais, 41, who is considered armed and dangerous.

"He took off, he fled on foot, and we're still trying to locate him," Cpl. Keith Bott of the Spiritwood RCMP told CTV News.

Officials described Dagenais as a white male with brown hair and green eyes, five-foot-11, and weighing 158 pounds. He was last seen wearing blue jean cutoffs, a short-sleeved shirt and a baseball cap.

Cameron is originally from Beardy's First Nation in Saskatchewan, and has an 11-year-old daughter. Bourdages hails from Saint-Eustache, Quebec, and has a nine-month-old son.

They were taken to a Saskatoon hospital and underwent extensive surgery.

According to reports, the two Mounties and a third officer were investigating an assault complaint at about 9 p.m. Friday, after the suspect got into an argument with his sister.

The suspect fled in a vehicle and the officers pursued him, but were allegedly fired upon when the man stopped.

The third, uninjured officer returned fire on the suspect, who then fled on foot and is still on the loose.

But officials could not specify the exact details of the shooting.

"I'm not exactly familiar with the sequence of the circumstances -- at what point the shots were fired, or at what point the returned shots were fired," said Bott.

Police have set up roadblocks, established a no-fly zone and are using a plane as part of efforts to capture the suspect, who is described as armed and dangerous.

Police are asking anyone with information about his whereabouts to call their local RCMP detachment.

The Saskatoon major crimes unit was helping search for Dagenais.

In March 2005, four RCMP officers were shot and killed in Mayerthorpe, Alta. by James Roszko while they were on his property to investigate stolen parts and a marijuana grow operation. Roszko then took his own life.

With a report by CTV's Norma Reid in Spiritwood