Police standoff ends safely, man found with pellet gun
CBC News
Posted: Jan 19, 2013 9:59 AM CST
Last Updated: Jan 19, 2013 11:25 AM CST
Police responded to a home in Winnipeg's Crestview neighbourhood for a man with a gun, early Saturday morning.
Officers were called to a house on Chapman Road just after midnight for reports of a man threatening someone with a gun.
The police tactical response team was called out and surrounded the home.
Police went in the home half-an-hour later and found the man had a pellet gun.
No one was injured in the incident.
There is no word yet if anyone has been charged.
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