A suspected meth-fueled rampage at a residential complex in Winnipeg’s Centennial neighbourhood has landed a man behind bars.
Just before 3 a.m. Friday morning, police were called to the complex in the first 100 block of Ellen Street.
They said a suspect went to the complex and started prying at windows and patio doors trying to get in.
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A security guard confronted the man, who allegedly grabbed a piece of wood and hit the guard across the head.
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“The suspect finally forced open a door of a suite where a family was sleeping. That family woke up and fled the suite as the suspect rummaged through rooms,” explained Constable Jay Murray. “He chased the family, who ran into a neighbouring suite to take cover for safety. The suspect tried to break into that suite but was unsuccessful.”
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Police arrived shortly thereafter and the man allegedly threatened to shoot the officers, who promptly took him into custody.
“I believe it was a young, immigrant family. The mother is in her early 20’s and there were a few children inside the suite,” Murray said.
“You can only imagine how traumatizing this would have been for a family sleeping at night to have their door forced open and an individual who is high on a substance, acting erratically, challenge them like that. It’s horrible to hear of incidents like this.”
A 29-year-old man faces a long list of charges.
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