Sargent Avenue gun call unfounded

A 911 call about a person armed with a gun that closed Sargent Avenue to traffic for several hours Thursday morning turned out to be unfounded.

Winnipeg Police Service spokesman Const. Claude Chancy said police were called about a person armed with a gun at a home on the 600 block of Sargent Avenue in the early morning, before the rush hour.

Police, including members of the WPS heavily armed tactical support team, blocked a stretch of the road to traffic while investigating the call. Chancy said officers eventually made their way into the house but made no arrests.

“Nothing was found inside the house,” Chancy said, adding the call appears to have been unfounded.