Man charged after shots fired

A man faces a dozen criminal charges in connection with a reported sexual assault, break-in and shots being fired in a northwest Saskatchewan community.

RCMP received a report Monday at 3:45 p.m. about a break and enter and sexual assault at a home in Pierceland, police said in a news release.

Investigators say a man, armed with a firearm, then fled the scene in a pickup truck. Soon after, an altercation between the suspect in the alleged sexual assault and another motorist took place at a rural intersection about two kilometres southwest of the village, the release stated.

Shots were fired during that incident, RCMP said.

Officers from the Pierceland, Loon Lake, Meadow Lake and Cold Lake detachments, members of the provincial protection and response team, and a local pilot searched the area and located a suspect. A firearm was also seized, RCMP said.

No injuries were reported.

William David Angus, 41, of the Pierceland area, is charged with breaking and entering, committing sexual assault with a firearm, sexual interference, assault with a weapon, using a firearm while committing an offence, discharging a firearm recklessly, careless use of a firearm, pointing a firearm, possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose, unauthorized possession of a firearm, mischief and driving while disqualified.

Angus is scheduled to appear Thursday in Meadow Lake provincial court.

Pierceland is about 390 kilometres northwest of Saskatoon.