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Man charged for pointing gun at paramedics - Canada
A 22-year-old man was arrested after pointing a gun at Winnipeg paramedics who were trying to treat him.
The incident happened Friday at about 2:30 a.m. in the city's Norwood neighbourhood, police said.
Members of the Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service had been called to a residence inside an apartment building at 116 Chandos Avenue for a medical emergency.
As they were treating a man, he became confrontational and threatened them with a firearm, causing them to flee the residence, police said.
When officers arrived, the man initially refused to exit the building. After a brief standoff, the man gave himself up and was arrested in the residence at about 3:45 a.m.
Two BB guns were seized from the apartment, police said.
The man has been charged with numerous firearms related offences and has been detained in custody the Winnipeg Remand Centre.
Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/manitoba/story/2010/02/05/mb-gun-paramedics-winnipeg.html#ixzz0eh5m6Umx
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Feb 8, 2010,
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