NORTH Vancouver RCMP successfully brought a peaceful end to a tense standoff with an emotionally distraught 95-year-old armed with a handgun Thursday night.
Police responded to the 100-block of Carisbrooke Crescent around 6 p.m.
"We attended and secured the area and brought in our RCMP negotiator and (Emergency Response Team) and did surveillance with the helicopter and attempted to gain a line of communication with him," said Cpl. Richard De Jong, North Vancouver RCMP spokesman.
By 7: 45 p.m., the man had surrendered to police without incident. "No shots fired, no injuries to himself or anyone else and he was subsequently taken to Lions Gate Hospital for assessment," De Jong said.
The man was licensed to own the restricted weapon, De Jong said, but RCMP are now reviewing whether he will be allowed to keep his firearms licence. Police can request that anyone hand over their licence but if the owner refuses, police must first get a court order.
The RCMP just finished a month-long gun amnesty. While the amnesty is over, police will still take the effort to collect potentially dangerous weapons.
"By all means. It's the same process. Call the North Vancouver RCMP. If you wish to relinquish ownership of your firearm, we will attend your residence and we will pick it up no questions asked," said De Jong.
