Winnipeg Police were called to check on the wellbeing of people in one of the rooms at the Super 8 hotel on Niakwa Road East Monday evening, April 8, 2019.
Officers knocked on the hotel room door but there was no response. People could be heard inside the room as well as what sounded like a gun being “manually manipulated”.
Soon afterwards a male came out of the room and was taken into custody.
A Police Service Dog and members of the Tactical Support Unit were called to the scene.
Police ordered the occupants out of the room. A female and a male were arrested. A third male was arrested as he tried to checkout of the hotel.
Police executed a search warrant on the room and seized weapons along with other stolen items including:
- 12 gauge sawed-off shotgun
- Pellet gun with airsoft bullets
- Wallet and identification reported lost in 2016
- Passport
stolen from a break and enter in October 2018 - Identification
stolen from a vehicle in November 2018 - Identification reported lost in January 2019
- Credit Card stolen on February 28, 2019
- Driver’s licence stolen during a commercial break and enter on March 12, 2019
- Licence plate from a vehicle reported stolen March 18, 2019
- Keys to a Ford Mustang stolen between March 22 – 25, 2019
- Identification
stolen from a male on March 28, 2019
The stolen Ford Mustang was found by officers in the hotel parking lot.
James Paul Joseph
All four were detained in custody.
