Police have arrested a man after an hours long standoff in Eastern Passage
Officers responded to a call on Cow Bay Rd. after 8 p.m Friday.
They say a man had pointed a firearm at another person inside a home. The victim fled after a physical altercation.
Police locked down the area shortly after they arrived, and began negotiating with the man inside the home shorty after 11 p.m.
The man surrendered to police at 1:45 a.m. Saturday and was taken into custody.
No one was hurt.
Jason Andrew Purdy, 43, of Eastern Passage, has been charged with:
- Possession of a Weapon for a Dangerous Purpose
- Uttering Threats (2 counts)
- Unlawful Confinement (2 counts)
- Pointing a Firearm (2 counts)
- Assault (4 counts)
- Unsafe Storage of a Firearm (10 counts)
- Careless Use of a Firearm (11 counts)
