Officers carrying rifles and dressed in camouflage swarmed a quiet Burnaby neighbourhood Thursday morning following reports of a man with a gun.
Shortly before 7 a.m., Burnaby RCMP received a call about a man in distress in a home west of Canada Way near Imperial Street. Because of reports the man had a gun, local Mounties called in the Lower Mainland District Emergency Response Team (Canada’s version of a SWAT team) to deal with the situation, as is the protocol when incidents could threaten public safety, according to Burnaby RCMP.
Police closed off the area surrounding the home while officers and one armoured vehicle approached, but the man exited the house of his own volition, according to local RCMP, who added that force wasn’t used to break into the residence.
The incident took about 45 minutes to wrap up.
