A knife-wielding man seen chasing someone on his bicycle Wednesday was quickly taken down by police with a non-lethal electroshock weapon and arrested at gunpoint.
Victoria police officers were called to the intersection of Blanshard and Johnson streets at 1:30 p.m. after several people had called to report a bicycle-riding, knife-brandishing man chasing another man through traffic.
Officers Tasered the man after he refused to put his knife down. The suspect was then arrested at gunpoint.
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Police said the man had been arrested earlier in the morning for mischief following a brief foot chase. He was released then on an undertaking.
Upon his second arrest, the man was held for telebail, facing recommended charges of possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose and breaching conditions not to possess knives.
Anyone with information is encouraged to contact the VicPD report desk at 250-995-7654, extension 1, or report anonymously to Greater Victoria Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.
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