'Armed and barricaded male' leads to RCMP blockading Yellowknife street Tuesday

Yellowknife RCMP blocked traffic to a residential street downtown on Tuesday while responding to an "armed and barricaded male."

In a Wednesday press release, Yellowknife RCMP say they receivedmultiple complaints about a disturbance related to an apartment building downtown. They say they partially closed 51A Avenue "in the interest of public safety."

Multiple law enforcement and emergency response teams attended as the incident unfolded, says the release, including the RCMP's Yellowknife General Investigation Section, Critical Incident Command team, Crisis Negotiation team, Police Dog Services and Emergency Response Team. Yellowknife Municipal Enforcement and Fire Divisions also responded.

Around midnight, after several hours at the scene, police say they set off "diversion devices" that created loud bangs. They say this led them to take an adult male into custody "without incident."

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Police say no one was injured during the incident and they believe the public wasn't at risk at the time.

They say their investigation is ongoing and that they aren't releasing any more information right now.