RCMP in Burnaby, B.C., say no one was hurt after they deployed an emergency response team Tuesday morning as they responded to reports of a distraught man.
Mounties were called to a home on Portland Street near Royal Oak Avenue around 8 a.m., police said in an email.
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Officers were concerned there were other people inside the home, and deployed the tactical team “due to safety concerns.”
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RCMP described the incident as “ongoing” and urged the public to avoid the area.
Mounties said shortly after noon, a 46-year-old man surrendered himself to police, and two youth who were inside the home were brought out unharmed.
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