Updated: The incident is now over. One man has been apprehended by the Greater Victoria Emergency Response team after an hours-long barricade incident in Victoria.
More details to come.
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A man suffering a mental health crisis has barricaded himself inside a Victoria apartment building and police are working to resolve the incident, according to VicPD.
On Tuesday at around 3:15 p.m., VicPD tweeted that officers from the Greater Victoria Emergency Response team, including crisis negotiators, were on scene in the 2500-block of Quadra Street.
Just after 5:30 p.m., VicPD released an update on Twitter saying that emergency officials were still on scene continuing to work with negotiators to resolve the ongoing incident.
UPDATE | Officers are continuing to work with Crisis Negotiators to resolve this ongoing incident. #yyj https://t.co/DRxkx5YwzW
— Victoria Police (@vicpdcanada) June 8, 2022
