Well-being check led to police response that shut down Riverview street
Flashes and loud bangs heard before man led away from scene just after 11 p.m.
Residents in Winnipeg's Riverview neighbourhood were kept up Thursday night by what appeared to be a police standoff that lasted a couple of hours.
At 9 p.m., tactical officers could be seen on Maplewood Avenue, between and Fisher Street and Mabel Street. Traffic was blocked off to the area and an ambulance waited nearby.
Police said they were called for a well-being check.
As the incident progressed, officers could repeatedly be heard talking to someone through a loudspeaker. On at least a couple of occasions, sirens, loud bangs and flashes could be seen.
Police helicopter Air 1 was also on the scene.
A man eventually came out of the house. Just after 11 p.m., officers led a man away from the scene and put him in the back of a cruiser, which drove away.
The situation was resolved peacefully, said police.
