One of the guns seized by police in Tuxedo on January 25, 2021. (WPS HANDOUT)
WINNIPEG — Three teens have been charged with assault, firearms, and drug-related offences following an incident in the Tuxedo area on Monday.
At around 4:25 a.m., police received a 911 call from a female who reported she had been assaulted and threatened by three males at a home in the 200 block of Doncaster Boulevard.
She reported the suspects were armed and had fled in a taxi.
Police located the taxi and three people were taken into custody. The reported firearms were also recovered.
Police also seized a loaded Ruger rifle and ammunition, a loaded sawed-off shotgun and ammunition, a hunting knife, handcuffs and dime bags of cocaine and Xanax pills.
The female victim didn’t require medical attention.
An 18-year-old man, as well as two male youths, aged 15 and 17, remain in custody.
