Howe Street in Vancouver reopened following police standoff
Credit to Author: Scott Brown| Date: Thu, 06 Feb 2020 20:25:54 +0000
A section of Howe Street, a busy corridor in downtown Vancouver, was closed to all traffic during the morning rush hour on Thursday due a police incident.
Vancouver police spokesman Sgt. Aaron Roed said officers were dealing with a person with a possible weapon who barricaded himself inside a suite in an apartment building in the area of Howe and Davie streets.
Howe Street southbound from Davie Street to Drake is now OPEN to all traffic. #VanTraffic Thank you for your patience.
The incident ended peacefully after 10 a.m. when a man was led out of the building by police.
Roed said the man was arrested under the Mental Health Act and taken to a local hospital/
No other information was released.
The street closure, which was in place for more than two hours, applied to both vehicle and pedestrian traffic.