62-year old faces charges in Murray River firearm pointing incident

Early Sunday night, at about 6:30pm, Kings District RCMP received a report of an incident involving the pointing of a firearm at a person in Murray River. Police responded to the area, set up containment on the property and ensured there was no one else at the home, and then began several hours of negotiation with a 62 year-old man.  At about midnight, the man surrendered to police without incident.   He’s facing threats and firearm related charges. A loaded prohibited revolver was seized by police. Police say that as the situation was contained by officers and there was no threat to the greater public, no Alert was issued at the time of the incident.