Shooting a BB gun at people results in arrest

December 4, 2017
Lower Sackville , Nova Scotia

News release

An 18-year-old man is facing charges after being arrested for firing a BB gun at people from an apartment building window.

Just before noon on Friday, Halifax District RCMP responded to a 911 call involving someone firing a BB gun at employees of a business on Sackville Dr. Further investigation determined an 18-year-old man, of Lower Sackville, was in a 3rd floor apartment building firing a BB gun through an open window. The man was firing at employees and the business. The man was arrested without incident and a pellet gun was seized. No one was injured as a result of the incident.

The man is facing charges including Assault with a Weapon. Further charges are pending as the investigation is continuing.

He was released from custody and will appear in Dartmouth Provincial Court at a later date.

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Contact information

Cpl. Dal Hutchinson
Media Relations Officer
Halifax District RCMP
Cell: 902-830-5695
dal.hutchinson@rcmp-grc.gc.ca

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