P.E.I. man arrested following shelter in place order in Summerside
Police issued the alert saying 28-year-old Mitchell Thomas Lannigan of Milltown Cross was armed and dangerous in the Water Street East-area at around 9 a.m. Police also asked the public from MacEwen Road to Reads Corner to shelter in place.
At 10 a.m. police announced Lannigan, who fled from police, is now in custody and the shelter in place was lifted.
In a news release from Sunday, police issued an arrest warrant for Lannigan after they responded to a reported assault and gunfire at a Miminegash parking lot early Saturday morning. Police said Lannigan had been involved in an altercation with two other men, when he brought out a handgun and fired it, although they do not believe the shots were targeted at people.
In that release, police said he is facing charges including:
- assault
- possession of a handgun
- possession of a handgun while prohibited
- two counts of pointing a firearm
- use of a firearm in a careless manner
- breach of a probation order
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