Yellowknife man charged with assault, forcible confinement
28-year-old faces several charges related to an incident involving weapons last Friday
RCMP say they have charged a Yellowknife man with numerous charges after an incident involving firearms Friday.
In a news release Tuesday, Yellowknife RCMP said they charged a 28-year-old man with forcible confinement, assault with a weapon, assault while choking and uttering threats, and other charges.
Police said they got a report Friday afternoon that someone had tried to run another person over with a vehicle, assaulted them and forcibly confined them. The person then threatened to shoot the victim and other people.
Yellowknife RCMP's emergency response team and police dogs responded to a home on Kingfisher Way and arrested a suspect.
Police say they later seized four rifles and ammunition from the home.
The man appeared before a Justice of the Peace and remains in custody.