Winnipeg police fatally shoot armed person at Main Street apartment building after 911 calls

One person is dead after he was shot by Winnipeg police at a Main Streetapartment buildingon Wednesday.

Winnipeg police said officers responded around 12:30 p.m. to multiple reports of a male armed with two edged weapons in the hallway of an apartment building in the 800 block of Main Street.

"There were multiple 911 calls on this incident. The male was armed with, and swinging, edged weapons, banging on tenants' doors,"Winnipeg Police Service actingchief Art Stannard told reporters at a news conference early Wednesday evening.

"All the details we received from the callers indicated there was a risk to the public," he said.

Officers who "quickly attended"to the calls ran up to a floor of the building where they encounteredan armed person in the hallway, Stannard said.

The armed person was shot with a Taser and with at least one firearm,Stannard said, adding it is not yet clear howmany officers fired.

Officers gave himfirst aid, applying a chest seal and tourniquet, police said.

He was taken to hospital and later died.

Police said the person'sfamily has not yet been notified, and they will release no other details about him at this point, including his age.

"At this time, our thoughts are with everybody involved in this tragic incident," Stannard said.

"But thoughts are also with our members these members are dedicated police officers who did not ever want to take a life," he said.

"It was an active incident and we responded that way. The public was at risk."

No other members of the public were injured during the incident, police said.

Stannard said at least three officers were involved in the initial response to the calls.

'A scary day': resident

EarlyWednesday afternoon, multiple police cars and emergency vehicles could be seen outside 817 Main St., an apartment building at the corner of Main and Jarvis Avenue. Cruisers were still outside the building later that evening.

Sue Caribou, a resident of theMain Streetbuilding, was inside her unit when police arrived.She sawa cruiser pulling onto the sidewalk, before agroup of officers ran inside the apartment complex, she told CBCWednesday evening.

At least six morepolice cars, an ambulance and a fire truck showed up, Caribou said. Shetold her husband to lock their door and they both waited inside, she said.

Caribou said she couldn't hear the altercation between the armed person and police due tothe loud noise of the sirens outside.

"It has been a scary day. We don't know what's going on," she said.

"Some people don't want to go out because there are still police cars here. People are staying in their suites."

Manitoba's police watchdog, the Independent Investigation Unit, has been notified andis investigating, police said.

Winnipeg police fatally shoot armed person after 911 calls

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Winnipeg police said officers responded around 12:30 p.m. to multiple reports of a male armed with two edged weapons in the hallway of an apartment building in the 800 block of Main Street.