A Regina man is facing a slew of charges after he allegedly pointed what appeared to be a gun at children in a nearby park.
On Sunday June 26, police were called to the 4700 block of Dewdney Avenue after the parents of two children called police and said that a man dressed in black had pointed what appeared to be a gun at two children, ages 10 and 11, from across the street.
When police approached the male, he fled on foot and was located later in the 1500 block of Horace Avenue with a pellet gun in his backpack, police say
Nineteen-year-old Branson Elijah Mercredi of Regina is charged with possession of a weapon for the purpose of committing an offence, two charges of assault with a weapon and carrying a concealed weapon.
Mercredi made his first court appearance on Monday morning.