Police say a man was wielding what appeared to be a hatchet near the Scarborough shopping centre’s McDonald’s at around 9:30 a.m. Wednesday.

Const. David Hopkinson says the incident is “difficult to speak about,” as some details are still unclear.

It appears that there was a fight between two men – one man fled the fight, and went and grabbed what looked to be a hatchet.

“He returned to the scene of the fight, at which point the guy he had been searching for had already fled,” Hopkinson said.

People around the Centre were “freaking out” at the sight of the man with the hatchet. The hatchet in question has since been recovered by police.

A 53-year-old male has been arrested and charged with a number of offenses, including some weapons offenses, an assault offense, and failing to comply with a court order, Hopkinson says.

Hopkinson says injuries to the victim are minor.