RCMP in Hay River have charged a 35-year-old man from Kátł’odeeche First Nation with several firearms-related offences.
Police said in a Monday news release that they received a report early last Friday alleging that an intoxicated person had pointed a firearm at another person inside a home on the First Nation reserve.
RCMP said no one was injured in the incident.
According to police, officers arrested two people seen leaving the home, one of whom RCMP subsequently released at the scene.
Police said they then searched the home and seized three long guns. RCMP alleged none of the people in the home were licensed to possess firearms.
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RCMP have charged Nathan Fabian with pointing a firearm, possessing a weapon for a dangerous purpose, using a firearm in the commission of an offence, careless use of a firearm, unauthorized possession of a firearm, possessing a firearm while knowing its possession is unauthorized, assault with a weapon and uttering threats.
Police said Fabian has been remanded into custody.
