Shuswap standoff leads to house fire
EAGLE BAY — Some serious drama unfolded in the normally-sleepy Shuswap community of Eagle Bay overnight.
It began at about 10pm Sunday December 20, when Salmon Arm RCMP were called to a tense disturbance at a home where a man was brandishing knives.
Officers removed two people from the home, but the man causing the trouble didn’t obey police and stayed inside, smashing windows and making threats.
During the standoff RCMP were forced to use fire extinguishers on three separate occasions to take care of small fires the man had set.