Three teenagers were arrested and one is facing weapons-related offences after an airsoft handgun was pointed at a 70-year-old woman in Dauphin.
On Thursday, September 10, Dauphin RCMP responded to a complaint of a teenager armed with a handgun running on the street near Whitmore School.
RCMP initiated a hold and secure lockdown at the school while police searched for the suspect. The suspect was not located, but RCMP and school administrators eventually conducted a safe dismissal of students and staff.
Later that afternoon, police received another complaint of a group of three teenaged males who pointed a handgun at a 70-year-old woman on Third Street SW in Dauphin and then laughed at the woman before walking away.
Police located the three teenagers and eventually arrested the individual with the gun without injury.
Police say a replica airsoft handgun and knife were located on the 15-year-old.
The other two 13-year-old males were arrested and later released.
The 15-year-old male has since been released on an undertaking and will appear in Youth Court on November 23rd, 2020 on weapons-related offences.
Sgt. Paddock of the Dauphin RCMP says "it is almost impossible for police or the public to see if a replicable firearm like this one is real and capable of causing serious injury or death. I would like to thank the school staff and the officers who responded for their professionalism in safely de-escalating and resolving this situation.”
