Man charged after shots fired outside Fort Good Hope community meeting

A 49-year-old man has been charged after gunshots were fired outside Fort Good Hope's band office Friday night during a community meeting.

When the shots were fired around 7 p.m., people at the meeting took cover. They later escaped the band office through a back door and took refuge at the health centre.

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The suspect barricaded himselfinsidean apartment in the community's elders' complex.He surrendered to police two and a half hours later.

TonyKakfwi, 49, of Fort Good Hope is facing seven firearms-related charges:

• discharging firearm with intent
• carrying weapon while attending public meeting
• uttering threats
• 2 counts careless use of firearm
• possession of weapon for dangerous purpose
• using firearm in commission of offence

Kakfwi is scheduled to appear in territorial court in Yellowknife on Wednesday.