A member of the RCMP received serious injuries while responding to a call about an unwanted person in Great Village, N.S., on Tuesday, the force says.
Nova Scotia RCMP say that around 5:30 p.m., they responded to two calls from the same address along Highway 2.
Police say one call was regarding threats and the other was about an unwanted person.
“While the responding RCMP officer was speaking with the complainant, the man began assaulting the officer without warning, striking him several times causing significant injuries to his face,” police said in a news release Wednesday.
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Police say the officer tried to de-escalate the situation by using a Taser but wasn’t successful.
Then police say the suspect tried to take the Taser and the service pistol from the officer.
“He then threatened to shoot the officer and barricaded himself inside the home,” the release continued.
“No one else was inside the home at the time.”
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Additional RCMP officers, as well as a crisis negotiator, responded to the home a short time later and surrounded the area.
The negotiator wasn’t able to successfully communicate with the man, but police say the suspect eventually left the home and was taken into custody.
The police officer who initially responded to the home sustained serious, non-life-threatening injuries and was taken to hospital, according to police.
The 49-year-old suspect from Great Village remains in custody and will be taken to Truro court on Wednesday to face charges of uttering threats, assaulting a police officer causing bodily harm and obstruction.