Supply: Brandon Police Service Media Launch
On November 1, 2022, at 9:53 am, police responded to a report of a struggle at a residence on Cornwallis Cres. When police arrived on the residence they discovered that the people concerned had fled and had been in possession of firearms.
Police instantly notified the 2 close by colleges of the scenario, and the faculties went right into a lockdown as a precaution.
At 10:03 am, police acquired a 911 name from a person inside Crocus Plains Excessive Faculty, that there was an individual inside with a firearm. This name initiated a direct response from police as officers started the method of securing the college whereas conducting a search of it for any suspects. Following an intensive search and an investigation into the matter together with interviewing workers and viewing safety footage, police had been capable of decide that the suspects by no means got here into the college, and the lock down was ended by 11:35 am.
At roughly 10:00 am, police had positioned and arrested one of many suspects a brief distance away from the residence. The 19-year-old feminine was in possession of an air tender pistol. She was lodged at Brandon Police Service and can seem in court docket immediately on weapons prices.
The Police Service Canine unit assisted in recovering a sawed off shotgun close by the unique residence.
A BPS By-law officer who was within the space on the time of the unique name noticed one of many suspects instantly go away the realm in a car. The car went to the realm of the Brandon Customers Mall the place police had been capable of find and arrest a second suspect close to 20th avenue on the west facet of the mall at 10:16 am. The 27-year-old male will seem in court docket immediately on weapons prices.
Police had been conscious of an impressive topic from the preliminary name, who was liable for an assault there and was presumably in possession of a firearm. Makes an attempt to find the suspect at a number of different residences inside Brandon had been made earlier than the 27-year-old was positioned at a residence within the 900 block of 26th avenue at 1:13 pm. He surrendered to police and was arrested. He was not in possession of a firearm on the time of his arrest.
A fourth suspect returned to the preliminary residence on Cornwallis Cres on her personal and was arrested on the scene by officers shortly earlier than 11:00 am. The 19-year-old feminine was needed on excellent prices of Fail to Attend Courtroom X2 and can seem in court docket on January 9, 2023.
Additional investigation revealed that the 27-year-old male suspect had assaulted and threatened to shoot a feminine sufferer on the residence on Cornwallis Cres which prompted the preliminary report. The sufferer sustained minor accidents, however didn’t require medical consideration.
The 27-year-old male was lodged at Brandon Police Service and can seem in court docket immediately on prices of Assault, Uttering Threats, Unauthorized Possession of a Firearm, Possession of a Firearm Realizing its Possession is Unauthorized, Possession of a Prohibited or Restricted Firearm with Ammunition, Possession of a Firearm Opposite to Prohibition Order X3.
