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Police respond to incident near U of W, two in custody

Winnipeg Police Tactical Support Team responded to an incident in front of the University of Winnipeg today around 10:45 am, August 13, 2019.

Witnesses tell News 4 that what sounded like a gunshot was heard prior to police arriving on scene however police said in an email that no shots were fired.

Man taken into custody as officers investigate incident Aug 13, 2019 (News 4)

Police converged on the area and quickly placed a female and two males into custody

Tactical Support Team members responded to an incident in front of University of Winnipeg on Tuesday,
August 13, 2019 (News 4)
A Tactical officer searches the backpack of a male held in custody. The male was released by police shortly afterwards (News 4)

One of the males was released by officers about 20 minutes later after they searched a red backpack belonging to the man.

Police said they will not be releasing any other details on the incident.

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