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Serious incident on Winnipeg’s Edison Avenue ‘resolved peacefully’: Police

Police have shut down Edison Avenue Wednesday morning. Riley McDermid / Global News

Winnipeg police shut down Edison Avenue near Roch Street Wednesday morning. Shortly after 12:30 p.m. police said the situation had been “resolved peacefully”, according to a tweet from their account.

Several police cars, an ambulance and a fire truck were on scene.

A spokesperson for the police would only tell Global News officers were responding to a serious incident and no one was transported to hospital. The call came in around 9:30 a.m.

Police ccould be seen going in and out of an apartment building at 349 Edison. The back lane between Edison and McKay Avenue was also blocked by police officers.

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