Police respond to firearm complaint in Blue Quill; incident ends peacefully
A gun complaint that prompted police to block off a south Edmonton neighbourhood Wednesday was not criminal in nature, they say.
Edmonton police said one man was in custody Wednesday afternoon after heavily armed officers descended on a house in Blue Quill.
Police were called to the house about 11:20 a.m. after gunshots were heard.
“Police were able to resolve the situation peacefully, and now have a suspect in custody,” police spokesman Scott Pattison said in a statement just after 1 p.m.
Two blue and gold shotgun shells sat on the concrete front steps of a brown and beige two-storey house at 21 Blue Quill Cres. before a detective picked them up.
Around 2 p.m., about a block away from the house where police had set up a command post, paramedics loaded an older man on a stretcher into the back of an ambulance. The ambulance had its lights and sirens off when it drove away from the scene.
A neighbour said an older couple lives in No. 21, and go for a walk together every evening.
David Dashwood, who lives near 117 Street and 28 Avenue, said he heard what sounded like two gunshots coming from southwest of his home before multiple police cruisers raced past, “something you don’t normally have in Blue Quill.”
Some officers blocked road access to the community while others armed with long guns could be seen from the street.
Roads reopened just after 1 p.m. Nearby St. Teresa School, 11350 25 Ave., was put on alert as a precaution, said Lori Nagy, an spokeswoman for the Edmonton Catholic School District.