By Jeff Henson

WESTPOINTE INCIDENT

Charges laid after Thursday night incident in Westpointe

Dec 31, 2022 | 2:37 PM

A 23-year old city man faces several charges following an incident in the Westpointe neighbourhood on Thursday night.

Grande Prairie RCMP say they received a call at around 6:36 p.m. that night about a gun being fired at a residence.

After securing the area around the home, Mounties eventually took a suspect into custody.

Among the charges laid against Christopher Chowace-Mitchell of Grande Prairie are:

• Reckless discharge of a firearm
• Careless use of a firearm
• Unsafe storage of a firearm
• Unauthorized possession of a firearm
• Possession of a firearm when knowing possession is unauthorized
• Uttering threats

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Chowace-Mitchell remains in custody and is due to appear in Grande Prairie Provincial court on January 4.

No injuries were reported from the incident.

A shelter in place order was issued by RCMP for an area around 115B Street, between Range Road 63 and Westpointe Drive. That order was eventually lifted at around 2:30 a.m. Friday morning.