Well-being check led to police response that shut down Riverview street

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 seenonMaplewood Avenue, betweenand 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.