The Greater Victoria Emergency Response Team and Victoria Police were in an armed standoff with at least one suspect early Monday morning.
Victoria Police and the Greater Victoria Emergency Response Team were called to an apartment building in Victoria.
Footage captured by viewers and CHEK News shows multiple GVERT and VicPD officers outside of an apartment complex on Simcoe Street. Residents say the incident began just before 8 a.m.Photos sent in showed officers deploying police dogs and an Explosive Ordnance Disposal device. Gayton says he also saw a drone used by police.
Sign up for the CHEK Now daily email newsletter to get breaking news and the day's top stories sent to your email.“I heard over a loudspeaker ‘Come out, put your hands up!’ then I heard a lot of screaming, commotion, some dogs barking,” said David Drew, who lives nearby.
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