An hours-long armed standoff that brought the Winnipeg police’s tactical support team to a West End apartment block on Monday has led to charges against a 29-year-old man.
Shortly after 3:30 p.m., officers were called to an apartment in the 600 block of Ellice Avenue, where police say a man allegedly armed with a gun had barricaded himself inside a suite.
After refusing to leave the suite, police say the man eventually surrendered and was safely taken into custody around 9 p.m.
Two .177-calibre BB guns were found in the suite following the man’s arrest, according to police.
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Scott Jason John Gibbs, of Winnipeg, is charged with two counts of possession of a weapon and six counts of possession of a weapon or ammunition contrary to a prohibition order.
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He has been detained at the Winnipeg Remand Centre.
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