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Winnipeg police have a suspect in custody after a man livestreamed himself on Christmas Eve threatening to hurt people and waving a vintage firearm around.
Police say they were notified on Wednesday afternoon about a man who posted a video of himself holding a weapon and making threats to harm people. No particular person was threatened, Const. Claude Chancy said.
About two hours after they were first notified, police sent patrol officers, their tactical unit, a canine unit and a drone operator to Winnipeg’s Weston neighbourhood, northwest of the inner city.
That’s where they arrested a 32-year-old man and charged him with numerous firearms offences.
Police also said they seized a 1916 Lee Enfield rifle — a bolt-action, British-made weapon that dates back to the First World War — and an air-powered Slavia 624 pellet gun, a firearm manufactured in the former Czechoslovakia from the 1950s to the 1970s.
Porch pirate nabbed
A North End resident who spotted someone stealing a package from a neighbour’s porch is being credited by police for the arrest of a man accused of stealing a total three delivered packages.
Police say they received a call from a homeowner in the Robertson neighbourhood on Dec. 23 about a theft of a delivered package.
Police arrested a suspect in this case, and two other similar suspected thefts at the corner of Arlington Street and Atlantic Avenue.
Police said a 28-year-old man has been charged with theft and possessing goods obtained by crime.
Gas station altercation
Two people were arrested and charged in St. Boniface on Christmas Eve after a 59-year-old man was bear-sprayed and dragged a short distance during a noon-hour altercation at a Meadowood gas station, police said.
Police said in a statement the incident started as a verbal altercation. The injured man was taken to hospital and treated for injuries that did not threaten his life, police said.
A 33-year-old man and a 24-year-old woman were apprehended slightly over an hour later, police said.