Manitoba RCMP arrest man believed armed, dangerous, and an immediate threat to the public – Winnipeg

Manitoba RCMP say a person thought-about to be armed, harmful, and a right away menace to the general public was arrested simply hours after a pair of emergency alerts had been despatched out warning in regards to the unfolding state of affairs Wednesday.

Wesley Manfred Wadien, 38, had been needed in reference to allegations of uttering threats and pointing a firearm, in addition to arrest warrants for a number of different offenses.

After warning the general public that Wadien was thought-about armed and harmful late Wednesday afternoon, RCMP despatched out an emergency alert shortly earlier than 7 p.m. upgrading the warning to say the suspect was now thought-about a right away menace to the general public.

A second alert was despatched once more round 7:45 p.m.

Police stated the alerts had been regionalized and solely despatched to areas of the province the place they although suspect could possibly be. They stated the

warning utilized to the Selkirk, Interlake and Winnipeg areas.

At a press convention held lower than half-hour earlier than the arrest, RCMP Supt. Rob Lasson suggested anybody residing in these areas to remain indoors whereas officers looked for the suspect, then considered on foot someplace within the Interlake.

“There’s quite a lot of high-risk tactical maneuvers occurring,” Lasson stated on the time. “They’re actively making an attempt to apprehend the person proper now.”

Lasson stated officers had been trying to find the suspect after a person pointed a shotgun in Selkirk Tuesday after which fled from Mounties.

He stated the suspect evaded police a second time once they caught up with him once more in Selkirk, earlier within the day Wednesday.

“Which initiated a really in depth pursuit all through the Interlake in Manitoba,” Lasson stated, including the choice to alert the general public was made primarily based on Wadien’s earlier contact with police and the chance they decided he posed.

“The RCMP in Manitoba needed to make sure that all public had been properly knowledgeable of the potential threat that this particular person posed as a result of unpredictable behaviour he displayed in the direction of the police all through the final two days.”

Lasson stated common Mounties, an RCMP tactical unit, Winnipeg police, canine groups, a police helicopter and drones had been used to search for him and the search continued Wednesday.

In a tweet despatched round 8:15 p.m. RCMP stated Wadien had been arrested with out incident within the RM of Rockwood, north of Winnipeg.

Lasson wouldn’t say precisely the place Wadien was lastly arrested, or what precisely he has been charged with.

–With recordsdata from The Canadian Press