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A antheral who constabulary accidental was astatine ample violating a parole bid is facing a fig of charges aft a standoff with officers at the Disraeli Bridge that lasted astir 10 hours earlier this weekend.
Armed idiosyncratic who hunkered down nether span aft firing shots astatine location was successful distress, constabulary say
CBC News
· Posted: Jun 15, 2025 5:07 PM EDT | Last Updated: 3 hours ago
A antheral who constabulary accidental was astatine ample violating a parole bid is facing a fig of charges aft a standoff with officers at the Disraeli Bridge that lasted astir 10 hours connected Saturday.
Winnipeg constabulary were called to Grove Street disconnected Euclid Avenue aft reports of gunshots astir 5:30 a.m. Saturday.
Const. Dani McKinnon told reporters astatine a quality league connected Sunday that constabulary aboriginal learned a man had a anterior quality with residents astatine a home.
He returned equipped and fired shots at the house, police said successful a Sunday quality merchandise with much details astir the incident.
While determination was spot damage, nary 1 was injured, McKinnon said.
The equipped antheral past ran to the Disraeli Bridge adjacent Sutherland Avenue wherever helium hunkered down underneath, constabulary say.
Officers tried to get the antheral to rescind the firearm, but helium initially refused. Police secured the area, blocking entree to vehicles, pedestrians and boats for hours, portion a squad of situation negotiators talked to the man.
"He was successful distress," McKinnon said. "For idiosyncratic to beryllium equipped and not capable to travel to a solution sooner than aboriginal there's evidently immoderate difficulties occurring."
The constabulary standoff astir deed the 10-hour people nether blistery and sunny conditions. McKinnon said a idiosyncratic was taken into custody astatine astir 3:22 p.m.
"It was a long, tense script for the full community, for the police, for the idiosyncratic involved, the families of each the residents successful the area," McKinnon said.
A 36-year-old antheral who was astatine ample and violating parole has been charged with respective counts including possession of a limb and discharge of a firearm successful a reckless manner.
Police said helium remains successful custody.
With files from Gavin Axelrod
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