Winnipeg police responded to a report of an armed woman in the city’s skywalk system on Saturday morning, following an incident at the Millennium Library.
Officers located the suspect near the Graham Avenue skywalk entrance and seized a folding knife.
The woman, 45, had earlier attempted to enter the Millennium Library with the weapon. After being stopped by security when the metal detector went off, she threatened two guards with the knife before fleeing.
The two male security guards, aged 33 and 36, weren’t injured.
She faces charges of assault with a weapon and possession of a weapon and has been released on an undertaking.
