A large police presence at Brentwood Plaza Tuesday night was sparked by calls from a man who said he had a weapon and wanted to hurt himself, according to Burnaby RCMP.
A large police presence in front of a Burnaby Starbucks earlier this week was sparked by a call from a "man in extreme distress," according to police.
Attempts to de-escalate the situation failed, and a Taser was deployed, after which the man was apprehended under the Mental Health Act, Kalanj said."We didn’t want him to do something to himself or someone else," Kalanj said.
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