Man surrenders after southside standoff
CBC News
Posted: Jun 26, 2012 6:53 AM MT
Last Updated: Jun 26, 2012 8:01 PM MT
Edmonton police take a man into custody after a standoff in south Edmonton Tuesday morning. (Andrea Huncar/CBC)
A police officer carries a child from the scene. (Andrea Huncar/CBC)Police have taken a 28-year-old man into custody after a standoff at a south Edmonton apartment Tuesday morning.
Officers also removed a 10-month-old child from the apartment complex in the Royal Gardens neighbourhood.
Police responded to a domestic dispute at 12:30 a.m. near 43rd Avenue and 122nd Street.
A 25-year-old woman left the suite unharmed, but the man barricaded himself in the suite with the child.
The man surrendered to police just after 7 a.m. The child was found unharmed.
A second man who was staying in the suite was taken into custody but is being treated as a witness.
A man now faces a number of charges including hostage-taking, assault, uttering threats and possession of a dangerous weapon.
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