A man has been taken to the hospital for a mental health assessment after police received several calls of a man yelling and walking down Oak Bay Avenue with a pickaxe.

Calls came in around 1:13 p.m. Jan. 8 and officers quickly arrived on scene. The man fled into a coffee shop where he was tackled by police.

OBPD responded to a male yelling and carrying a pick-axe on Oak Bay Ave this afternoon. The male fled into a coffee shop & was tackled by officers. No injuries but male is now at hospital for a mental health assessment. Thank you to the public for your calls.

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Deputy Chief Ray Bernoties said the man is known to police, but that criminal charges are unlikely.

Bernoties said this would be classified as a mental health call, something the local department saw a 25 per cent increase in last year.

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No one was injured as a result of this incident.

jesse.laufer@oakbaynews.com
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