A Pointe-Claire man is in police custody after Montreal police received a call around 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday morning that a man with a history of mental health-related issues was having some sort of crisis.
He was in his home near Plaza Pointe-Claire, just west of Saint-Jean Boulevard, according to a police spokesperson.
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Police blocked Monaco Avenue, surrounded the home, communicated with the man throughout the day using a public address system and set up a surveillance van.
Police entered the home around 2 p.m., and took the man in a stretcher to an ambulance unharmed, a spokesperson said.
The incident in suburban Pointe-Claire surprised residents.
“I got up to go shop for my groceries,” said Tom Anderson who lives in the area,
“The cops… told me to redirect myself due to some kind of bad activity going on.”
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