Shots fired at Regina police in North Central Monday
Two people are in police custody after gunfire and a lengthy standoff on the 1100 block of Elphinstone Street Monday.
Police say one of the suspects fired a gun from a window of a house towards police officers at 10 a.m. Monday morning. No one was injured.
"What we heard sounded to be like a gunshot and next thing you know there was probably — I don't know — five, six cars pulling up, and then it just — it never ended," Mark Styles said. He was working in the area when he heard the loud noise.
Styles said he and his colleagues brushed it off as a joke at first, but it turned into something he had never seen before.
"Next thing you know, it was reality," he said. "It's kind of crazy."
After the shots were fired, there was a lengthy standoff with the people inside the house refusing to come out and be taken into custody. Police established a safety perimeter in the area. Police dogs, crisis negotiators, and SWAT team members were on scene.
Police were at the location to investigate suspected property offences.
Just before 9 p.m. a man and a woman suspect came out of the house and were taken into custody.
Police say the investigation is ongoing and information about the suspects and charges will be shared later.
Schools in the area
During the incident, nearby schools including Scott Collegiate, Seven Stones, Albert, Kitchener and Sacred Heart were notified and the buildings were secured.
The public school board said students at Kitchener, Albert and Seven Stones had to be picked up by parents at the end of the school day, since the school would not release the children.
Students at Scott Collegiate were allowed to go home if they had a planned way home and they didn't live in the area that was cordoned off by police.
