Date: Monday, June 12, 2023
File: 23-20649
Victoria, BC – Officers with the Greater Victoria Emergency Response Team (GVERT) arrested a man after a weapons call on Friday afternoon.
Just before 12:30 p.m., on Friday, June 9, officers responded to a report that a man had threatened to shoot someone in the 1100-block of Pandora Avenue before leaving the area in a vehicle. Patrol, Strike Force and GVERT all responded.
Officers located the man in a vehicle near the intersection of Tyee Road and Wilson Street, where he was arrested by the GVERT.
He was transported to VicPD cells and held for court.
If you have information about this incident and have yet to speak with officers, please call the VicPD Report Desk at (250) 995-7654 extension 1.
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