RCMP took one person into custody after a standoff at the Royal Hotel in Chilliwack, B.C., Friday.
Chilliwack RCMP were called to reports of shots fired at the property near Wellington and Main streets Friday morning, and encountered a man who had barricaded himself inside.
Police called in the Lower Mainland Emergency Response Team, which Mounties said was forced to breach the unit after negotiations with the occupant failed.
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Officers could be seen taking the man from the hotel in handcuffs. He remains in police custody.
The nearby Chilliwack Central elementary school was placed under a hold-and-secure protocol for the duration of the incident but has since reopened.
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