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Superior East Detachment
RELEASE:
DE:
PUBLICATION LE:
May 8, 2008
HAWK JUNCTION MALE
ARRESTED WITHOUT INCIDENT
(Wawa, Ontario) On Wednesday May 7, 2007, at
approximately 4:00 pm, the Superior
East Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police were notified of a male threatening suicide at a residence on Boucher
Ave. in Hawk Junction. The OPP Provincial Communications Center in
North Bay made contact with the
male by telephone and it was determined a firearm was involved in the
incident. Members of the Wawa, White River and Chapleau OPP Detachments, with assistance from the Wawa Police Service contained the house and continued
contact with the male. Some residents
of Hawk Junction were contained in their residences for their own safety and
a portion of Boucher Ave.
was closed.
At approximately 6:05 pm OPP made entry into the residence and
a male was apprehended without incident.
A rifle and ammunition were recovered inside the house.
The male was apprehended under
the Mental Health Act and is receiving treatment in a Sault Ste. Marie area
hospital. The investigation into the incident
is continuing.
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Contact:
Detachment Commander:
Sgt. Steve Hemsworth
Staff
Sergeant Dan Dawson
Superior
East OPP
(705)
856 - 2233
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