StreetBeat – Dec. 8 – Man Arrested For Discharging Weapon At Plastics Plant

Posted December 8, 2007 12:00 pm.

This article is more than 5 years old.

A 47-year-old man from Kingsville, near Windsor was arrested after he walked into a plastics plant, fired a gunshot in the air and threatened a co-worker.

Police were called to the plant in Amherstburg just before 11pm Friday. The co-worker managed to convince the suspect to drop his weapon and after a brief struggle he was handcuffed.

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