Man in custody after police safely resolve negotiation near Disraeli Bridge

Winnipeg constabulary accidental a antheral who was believed to beryllium equipped has been safely taken into custody aft an incidental that unopen down the Disraeli Bridge successful the city's Point Douglas neighbourhood connected Saturday.

Const. Dani McKinnon said the astir 10-hour standoff, which began astatine 5:30 a.m. section time, was 1 of the force's longer negotiations with an individual.

No 1 was injured, McKinnon said.

"It's a large occurrence for the community, for the idiosyncratic successful distress, arsenic good arsenic the police," she said.

Police were called to Grove Street disconnected Euclide Avenue aft reports of gunshots astir 5:30 a.m. Saturday.

The equipped man, who is known to police, past moved from Grove Street to the Disraeli Bridge area.

Police unopen down the country and bridge.

The dense constabulary beingness included a tactical armoured conveyance and astatine slightest a twelve different constabulary vehicles, with respective officers connected the scene.

Just aft 3:30 p.m. section time, constabulary said successful a station connected X that the concern was resolved and the nationalist was nary longer astatine risk.

The pedestrian ft span and riverway person reopened, and vehicular postulation has resumed connected the bridge.

However, the Sutherland off-ramps stay closed, constabulary said astatine 3:30 p.m.

McKinnon said incidents similar this don't hap precise often.

Additional details volition beryllium released

More details volition beryllium made disposable arsenic constabulary proceed to investigate, McKinnon said.

Officials are present moving to find retired much astir the factors that led up to the incidental and wherefore it happened.

She said galore assemblage members showed up for a property league Saturday afternoon, wherever she gave an update connected dialog efforts and warned radical to enactment wide of the area.

"We conscionable privation to convey everybody for their co-operation and their knowing and their patience due to the fact that it's not ever easy," McKinnon said.

McKinnon said incidents similar this don't hap precise often.