Man charged by police for discharging pellet gun outside SCS
LETHBRIDGE – A 22-year-old local man has been charged by Lethbridge Police in connection with an incident where a pellet gun was discharged at the Supervised Consumption Site.
According to police, on Sunday, Jan. 6 at 6:18 p.m. officers responded to a report that a man had produced a handgun and fired it outside the west doors of the Supervised Consumption Site along the 1000 block of 1 Avenue South.
Witnesses provided a description of the suspect and upon arrival, he was located by police attempting to hide amongst a group of people. No one was injured, and the man was arrested without further incident.
During a search incidental to arrest, police seized a loaded pellet gun that closely resembled a handgun along with a small quantity of methamphetamine.