What started as a collision and highway closure Feb. 5 within the space of Strasburg Street and Block Line Street in Kitchener has been revealed to have been a extra harmful scenario.
Waterloo Regional Police Service (WRPS) mentioned officers have been on a proactive patrol within the space when their methods flagged a disqualified driver. When the driving force of the automobile noticed the police cruiser, he rapidly sped off, trying to evade the officers.
Within the course of, the driving force sped via a crimson gentle within the intersection, colliding with one other automobile. When police attended the scene, the person acquired out of his automobile and tried to combat with an officer.
A performed power weapon (taser) was deployed to aim to comprise the scenario, with a video circulating on-line from a witness displaying that the officer was capable of get the person to the bottom. Nevertheless, the person was capable of get again up, return to his automobile, and seize a hatchet, then threaten the officer.
Witness movies present the person circling across the officer, who had dropped the taser and pulled out a firearm. WRPS says it was capable of then restrain and arrest the person.
Screenshot from witness video of the incident. (Reddit)
A highway closure was in impact for each cleanup for the collision and the preliminary investigation efforts. Three individuals have been within the struck automobile, all being despatched to a neighborhood hospital for non-life-threatening accidents.
The 27-year-old man from Kitchener is now going through an inventory of charges, together with:
Possession of a weapon for a harmful function
Assault police
Resist arrest
Assault police officer with a weapon
Disarming a police officer
Harmful operation of a automobile
The person was held for a bail listening to.
The investigation continues to be ongoing and anybody who has additional info on the person or the incident, notably those that witnessed it or have dash-cam footage, is requested to contact WRPS.
Full video from witnesses on the scene might be seen on the social media platform, Reddit.
WARNING: Video accommodates swearing and language that some may discover offensive.
