One suspect has been taken into police custody after a stand-off at the Cliffe Avenue Subway in Courtenay, Thursday morning.

A man who was using the bathroom there became agitated when a customer knocked on the door.

B次元官网网址淎 guy came in, asked to use the bathroom. Everything was fine, then I got some customers, and one of them tried to get into the bathroom and the guy just lost it,B次元官网网址� said store manager Aurora Rousay. B次元官网网址淗e started yelling and screaming, smashing things in the bathroom, and uttering threats. He then came outside and was supposedly waving a knife around, but I didnB次元官网网址檛 see it.B次元官网网址�

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A customer in line at the Subway called RCMP, and multiple officers and cruisers attended the scene.

Once the incident spilled into the parking lot and police arrived, both the Subway and the BC Liquor Store next door were put on lockdown, which lasted B次元官网网址渁bout 10 minutes,B次元官网网址� according to liquor store staff.

B次元官网网址淭hey casually surrounded him, then arrested him very calmly, actually,B次元官网网址� said Rousay.

Comox Valley RCMP confirmed the man had a knife.

B次元官网网址淲hen frontline officers arrived the man was located outside in the parking lot, upset and holding a knife,B次元官网网址� said media relations Const. Monika Terragnio. B次元官网网址淧olice officers spoke with the man until he put the knife down and was arrested without incident. He remains in custody.B次元官网网址�

She added that the suspect did not threaten anyone with the knife.

Samuel Ennis saw the incident and applauded the police for the manner in which everything was handled.

B次元官网网址淚 witnessed the whole show outside and heard how the police handled the confrontation. They handled it so well,B次元官网网址� he said. B次元官网网址淕ood job to the officers and how they brought it to the end.B次元官网网址�

Rousay said the suspect was in the bathroom for an extended period before the interruption.

B次元官网网址淚 want to say probably a half-hour to 45 minutes, which isnB次元官网网址檛 uncommon here,B次元官网网址� she said. B次元官网网址淲e are one of the few public bathrooms around here, and sadly, there is a lot of drug use in this neighbourhood.B次元官网网址�

Rousseau said there was no evidence of drug use left behind, when she inspected the bathroom afterward.

terry.farrell@blackpress.ca
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