Man points handgun at bus drivers on picket line

There was a frightening incident of implied violence Monday morning where striking Kelowna transit bus drivers were picketing near Orchard Park mall.

The president of the union local, Scott Lovell, says the picketers were being verbally harassed by a man on a bicycle.

When union members approached him, Lovell says the man pulled out a gun and pointed it at the picketers while threatening them.

“Investigators have recovered a pellet gun they believe was used in the commission of the offence,” says Cpl. Jesse O’Donaghey in a news release. “Thankfully, no one was physically injured during the incident and the public is no longer at risk.”

The man rode away on his bike but was later arrested without incident as the result of a detailed description provided to police.

O’Donaghey says a 29-year-old Kelowna man of no-fixed address faces potential charges.