A 22-year-old London, Ont., man is dealing with prices in reference to an incident earlier this month during which police say a motorist was threatened one other driver with what was later discovered to be a reproduction firearm.
The incident occurred round 5:50 p.m. on Sept. 11, when a person driving alongside Mornington Avenue noticed a Mercedes go him, flip round, and observe him right into a parking zone, police mentioned.
The Mercedes drove across the man, reduce in entrance of him, and stopped abruptly. The male driver then exited the Mercedes, approached the opposite driver and commenced arguing with him.
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“The suspect returned to his car and produced what gave the impression to be a handgun. The person pointed the gun within the path of the driving force and made threats in direction of him earlier than leaving the world within the car,” police mentioned in an announcement.
Two different individuals had been within the sufferer’s automotive on the time of the incident, police mentioned, and the 2 males didn’t know one another.
On Wednesday, officers raided a house within the 500 block of Salisbury Road in reference to the investigation, seizing a reproduction 1991 pistol and a reproduction Uzi machine gun, police mentioned.
The accused, a 22-year-old London man, faces two counts of pointing a firearm and one depend of uttering threats of loss of life or bodily hurt.
He’s scheduled to seem in court docket Nov. 3.
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