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Around 1 a.m. he saw an officer, on his home surveillance footage, cross his lawn to take cover and just before 2 a.m. his wife woke up to a large bang. At first she thought it was their son falling out of bed, but they now believe it was a gunshot.

After that, they saw an ambulance arrive to the scene.

“Personally, we didn’t know them but they were renters that had been there for about 18 months,” said Tunkin, who added that bylaw officers and police were called to the home often. He said there were four or five adults living in the home, at least two of which were female and two male.

When reached Saturday morning, RCMP Cpl. Laurel Scott said the incident lasted about six hours.

Scott would not elaborate on the relationship between the man and his partner, nor would she say whether anyone else was inside the home with the man during the standoff.

Early Saturday afternoon, investigators were still on scene. A large portion of the street is taped off and at least 20 yellow evidence markers have been placed on scene where an old vacation van is parked out front.

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Firefighters have gone in and out of the home with face masks on. It is unclear why.

The Director of Law Enforcement has been notified and ASIRT is investigating.

RCMP continue to investigate the incident and what led to the confrontation.

With files from Darren Makowichuk and Canadian Press

