Taxi driver alerts police to attempted assault
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A Winnipeg taxi driver alerted police as an armed man tried to assault him, police say.
The Winnipeg Police Service arrested and charged a 48-year-old man in the William Whyte neighbourhood after officers noticed a taxi driver’s emergency strobe lights in the area of Burrows Avenue and Powers Street at about 1:40 a.m. Sunday.
The taxi driver wasn’t hurt.
Police seized a loaded handgun and a prohibited 13-round magazine from the suspect. The 48-year-old man has been detained in custody and is charged with several gun and weapons charges.