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Man arrested after weapons complaint in Spryfield

Forbes Street in the Halifax neighbourhood of Spryfield has reopened after a weapons complaint was made Tuesday to Halifax Regional Police.

Forbes Street was shut down for hours Tuesday afternoon after police received call about an assault

Police parked around Lynette Road and Forbes Street in Spryfield, N.S. (Blair Rhodes/CBC)

A man has been arrested and Forbes Street in the Halifax neighbourhood of Spryfield has reopened after a weapons complaint was made Tuesday to Halifax Regional Police.

Police were called to the apartment building at about 4 p.m. after receiving a call that a woman had been assaulted and that a firearm may have been involved.

When police arrived, according to a news release, they found the woman. She was taken to hospital and is expected to survive her injuries.

Police parked in front of 7 Forbes Street and evacuated anapartment buildingwhere the suspect was believed to have been inside.

By 9 p.m., police said the man was arrested on assault and weapons charges.

Halifax Regional Police are parked outside 7 Forbes Street, which is an apartment building. (Blair Rhodes/CBC)

With files from Blair Rhodes