A 29-year-old man is in custody here in Thompson after threatening a woman in her residence twice this week.

 

That’s according to the RCMP, who says that the Thompson detachment was called to the residence Sunday morning after the suspect had allegedly kicked in the door but had fled before officers arrived.

 

Mounties received a call to the same address early the next day, and were told that the suspect had returned, kicked in the door once again, and was still inside. This time, however, officers were told the victim’s children were also in the home.

 

When the police arrived they were met by the suspect, who was armed with a knife and started urging officers to shoot him. The RCMP says that members eventually used a taser device several times before the suspect was subdued taken into custody.

 

The suspect faces 11 charges; two counts of break and enter, two counts of assault with a weapon, two counts of assault on a police officer with a weapon, uttering threats, possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose, resisting arrest, mischief and theft.

 

Neither the victim nor her children were injured.