A 34-year-old Toronto man has been arrested after he allegedly threatened paramedics with a replica shotgun in Bloorcourt Village Tuesday morning.

Police were called to the paramedic station on Dovercourt Rd. near Bloor St. shortly before 7 a.m. for reports of a man with a firearm.

Toronto police Const. David Hopkinson said the man was standing outside the station screaming at the paramedics holding what appeared to be a shotgun. He pointed the gun at the paramedics before covering his face with a bandana, Hopkinson said.

A single officer from Toronto police 14 Division was the first to respond to the incident, he said. When the man appeared to begin loading the shotgun, the officer tackled him to the ground.

“All situations are dynamic, they’re all different,” Hopkinson said when asked how officers are trained to respond to someone brandishing a firearm. “It’s a large amount of factors ... that determines how you’re going to respond.”

Hopkinson said the man was arrested without incident and no one was injured. After the shotgun was recovered, it was found to be a replica, he said.

Abdiaftah Duale, 34, of Toronto, faces eight charges including pointing a firearm, uttering death threats, use of a disguise in the commission of an offence, breach of probation and failure to return to court.

He appeared in court at Old City Hall on Tuesday at 10 a.m.

Police are asking anyone with information about the incident to contact them at 416-808-1400 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 416-222-8477.