Standoff in Didsbury ends peacefully
Posted Apr 2, 2015 7:54 pm.
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A tense standoff that lasted several hours Thursday morning in the community of Didsbury, north of Calgary, has come to a peaceful end with one person being taken into custody.
Corporal Sharon Franks tells 660News the standoff started while mounties were carrying out a search warrant on a home on 24th street.
“Shortly after beginning the execution of the search warrant they determined that they could not continue and maintained a containment for the residence at the time due to the risk,” said Franks.
Residents were asked to stay in their homes and kids at a nearby elementary school were kept inside until the situation was resolved.
Franks says there was some confusion with residents at the beginning because some people thought it was a scene from a TV show, which is scheduled to be filmed in the area in the coming days.
