Halifax police trying to confirm gunman sighting in downtown

[Ogopogo]

[quote]Halifax Regional Police are responding to an unconfirmed report Thursday morning of a man carrying a gun near Brunswick and Duke streets in the city's downtown.

"At this point we are trying to confirm the sighting and locate the man. There has been no threats or reports of shots fired," the force tweeted.

Police received a call about a man wearing black cargo pants and an ear piece, concealing what was reported to be a rifle wrapped in black cloth at 8:36 a.m.[/quote]

[url]http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/halifax-police-trying-to-confirm-gunman-sighting-in-downtown-1.2810019[/url]

Just a heads up for anyone in Halifax to be aware if you have to head into the downtown area. My university is locked down at the moment in light of this.

[pentium]

Two weeks of paranoia at anyone looking suspicious, GO!

[JennyC6]

Could be a neerdowell with a sniper rifle, could be a guy who bought a piece of stainless steel piping he wanted to protect from scratches and was jawjacking on a bluetooth headset.

[A_Pigeon]

Wow goin to dal gon be fun

[Ogopogo]

They have arrested someone.

[quote]Police arrested a man in Halifax today and recovered a firearm on a nearby municipal bus after receiving a report of a man carrying what appeared to be a gun wrapped in fabric in the city’s downtown.[/quote]

[url]http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/police-searching-downtown-halifax-after-report-of-man-with-rifle/article21255477/[/url]

[DaCommie1]

What exactly do they plan to charge him with? Carrying a long gun around isn't in and of itself illegal here unless it's loaded.

[pentium]

[QUOTE=DaCommie1;46311282]What exactly do they plan to charge him with? Carrying a long gun around isn't in and of itself illegal here unless it's loaded.[/QUOTE]

Nobody is going to care about that considering what happened yesterday.
At best they'll tell him "dude, uncool." and it will vanish in the day's news.

[Ogopogo]

Oh, little correction: the arrest and firearm recovered may be unrelated to the sighting.