Particular person taken into custody after barricading himself in downtown Winnipeg condominium: police

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A suspect was taken into custody early Thursday morning after police were called to a downtown Winnipeg apartment building to respond to someone armed with a knife.

Police say they responded just after midnight to report of someone ‘brandishing a knife’

CBC News · Posted: Jan 05, 2023 7:52 AM CT | Last Updated: 5 minutes ago

Several police vehicles and an ambulance sit outside the apartment building on Kennedy Street early Thursday morning. (Meaghan Ketcheson/CBC)

A suspect was taken into custody early Thursday morning after police were called to a downtown Winnipeg apartment building to respond to someone armed with a knife.

Officers went to a Kennedy Street building near Sargent Avenue around 12:11 a.m. after receiving a report of “an erratic male brandishing a knife,” Winnipeg Police Service spokesperson Const. Jay Murray said in an email.

Soon after, he barricaded himself inside, police said.

Police took him into custody around 6 a.m.

Several police vehicles and an ambulance were seen parked in front of the Manitoba Housing apartment building.

Officers were still at the scene around 7:30 a.m. More information will be released later Thursday, Murray said.

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