Tactical officers arrest man in Kitchener
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Tactical officers converged on a Kitchener neighbourhood Sunday after a man was reported brandishing a gun.
Tactical officers converged on a Kitchener neighbourhood Sunday after a man was reported brandishing a gun.
Waterloo regional police maintained a large presence outside an apartment complex near the corner of Dixon and Eckert streets throughout the morning and early afternoon.
In an update at 2:37 p.m., they said one person had been taken into custody. No one was hurt.
The 32-year-old Kitchener man was charged with weapons related offences, Const. Brad Hickey said in email.
Neighbours say police arrived suddenly around 9 a.m.
“I was just going to go grocery shopping and I saw a whole bunch of cop cars and then even more started showing up and then they started blocking off cars,” said Kim Farrell, who lives in the area.
