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UPDATE: Man in custody after stand-off on Government Road

Police on scene at overnight incident.
Government Road standoff
A stand-off on Government Road that began at 2 a.m. Tuesday ended peacefully around 5:30 a.m.

THUNDER BAY -- An overnight stand-off on Government Road has come to an end.

Thunder Bay Police Service officers tactical unit and incident negotiators attended to a home on Government Road near Pento Road at 2 a.m. Tuesday. 

Officers located the man in a vehicle belonging to him and immediately contained the area.

Police took a 72-year-old man into custody without incident at 5:24 a.m.

The charges the man is facing have not been released.

This is a developing story. More information will be added as it becomes available.   






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