Brooks RCMP arrested man after reports of threatening people with imitation firearm

A 27-year-old Brooks man is in custody after RCMP responded to reports of a person pointing a firearm or imitation firearm at people in the city’s downtown Friday morning.

Brooks RCMP received the complaint at about 8:45 a.m. on Oct. 16, reporting a man frightening people and producing and pointing what appeared to be a firearm near 2nd Street West and 2nd Avenue West.

Multiple officers responded and located the suspect a short distance south of the reported location on 2nd Street West.

Police conducted a high-risk arrest, halting and diverting traffic in the immediate area, resulting in the man being taken into custody without incident.