Manitoba suspect faces half-dozen charges after armed, chaotic ambulance scene

A Manitoba man is in custody facing a raft of charges after a wild incident Monday morning that began in the back of an ambulance.

Officers from the Winnipegosis RCMP detachment were called around 10:45 a.m. to help EMS in transporting a patient from Pine Creek First Nation to a hospital in Dauphin.

Police learned that the patient had attacked a paramedic with shears, and when they arrived, he was still armed, and approached police with the weapon.

An attempt to slow him down with a stun gun was unsuccessful, police said, and the man fled the scene on foot, heading north on Highway 20.

Get breaking National news

For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen.

Sign up for breaking National newsletter Sign Up

By providing your email address, you have read and agree to Global News' Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy.

Police allege the man then climbed into a vehicle that had stopped at the scene and attacked the driver, until an officer — with the help of the driver and a woman who was a passenger in the vehicle — managed to take control of the weapon. A child in the back seat of the vehicle wasn’t harmed during the struggle.

According to police, the man then aggressively approached officers until he was eventually stopped with a stun gun (after a non-lethal round was fired and had no effect) and arrested.

A 38-year-old man now faces charges including assault, assault with a weapon, possessing a weapon for dangerous purposes, resisting a peace officer, assault on a peace officer with a weapon causing bodily harm and two counts of robbery with an offensive weapon.

He remains in custody and RCMP continue to investigate.

0:56 Advanced care paramedics in rural Manitoba