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Burnaby standoff ends with tear gas deployed; man taken into custody

Police from across metro Vancouver, including the Emergency Response Team, surrounded a north Burnaby home for hours Thursday night. Global News

An hours-long police stand-off at a home in North Burnaby ended Thursday night.

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A 48-year-old man was taken into custody around 10:00 p.m. when members of the Emergency Response Team fired tear gas into the home in the 46-hundred block of Union Street near Alpha Avenue.

Police from across metro Vancouver, including the Emergency Response Team, surrounded a north Burnaby home for hours Thursday night. Global News

The suspect was taken to hospital for observation.

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ERT and police units from across Metro Vancouver had surrounded the home since just before 5:00 p.m. after they received a call from a woman in distress who was able to escape from a man in the home.

Police from across metro Vancouver, including the Emergency Response Team, surrounded a north Burnaby home for hours Thursday night. Global News

Police say the suspect was wanted on outstanding warrants, and may have been in possession of a firearm.

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