RCMP Officers in Tuktoyaktuk recently arrested a man without incident while responding to a firearm complaint.
Officers responded to the complaint on the morning of June 18th, where they were informed of an intoxicated man with a firearm inside a residence. As the officers arrived on the scene, the man pointed a rifle at them.
Officers immediately contained the scene. While they started communicating with the man, he again pointed his rifle at them and then fires a single shot into the air. Negotiations were successful and the male was taken into custody within a short period of time.
Officers later received a search warrant for the man’s home, where they discovered nine more firearms that were being stored unsafely. This Criminal Code investigation is ongoing. The man has since been released from custody and is facing several Criminal Code charges.
North District Advisory NCO S/Sgt Bruce McGREGOR states, ”The RCMP take any firearms related call very serious and take the appropriate police response proportional to the level of risk to ensure the safety of the public and responding members”.
