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We have enabled email notifications—you will now receive an email if you receive a reply to your comment, there is an update to a comment thread you follow or if a user you follow comments. Police are asking members of the public to avoid Lynn Valley Road in North Vancouver due to an ongoing incident. North Vancouver RMCP announced shortly after 6 p.m. that the incident had been resolved and one man was taken into custody.A standoff between North Vancouver Mounties and an armed suspect who had barricaded himself in a home has come to a close after nearly five tense hours.North Vancouver RMCP announced shortly after 6 p.m. that the incident had been resolved, with one man taken into custody by officers at the scene.The incident began when police responded to a call about an armed man in a basement suite around 1:30 p.m. Friday.Mounties were unable to convince the individual to leave the residence, and soon called in a crisis negotiator and the Lower Mainland district emergency response team to help bring the situation to a peaceful end.Several hours later, they were successful. Visit our © 2020 Vancouver Sun, a division of Postmedia Network Inc. All rights reserved. Lynn Valley Road between Highway 1 and William Avenue was closed on Friday afternoon as police investigated a report of a man with a gun. North … Lynn Valley Road was closed Friday between Morgan Rd and William Ave after police responded to a call about a man inside a home with a gun. The incident began when police … Unauthorized distribution, transmission or republication strictly prohibited.This website uses cookies to personalize your content (including ads), and allows us to analyze our traffic.
RCMP on the scene of a standoff in North Vancouver on Friday, Feb. 21, 2020. Independent Investigations Office called to investigate Lynn Valley incident. Due to the sensitive and/or legal subject matter of some of the content on globalnews.ca, we reserve the ability to disable comments from time to time.North Vancouver RCMP say they have peacefully resolved a standoff situation in the Upper Lynn Valley area.Mounties said a man was taken into custody for being unlawfully in a dwelling.Police had closed Dempsey Road between Mountain Highway and Hoskins Road, and were asking people to avoid the area.The Lower Mainland Integrated Emergency Response Team (ERT) was also deployed to the site.Get a roundup of the most important and intriguing national stories delivered to your inbox every weekday.Get a roundup of the most important and intriguing national stories delivered to your inbox every weekday. Mounties said a man was taken into custody for being unlawfully in a dwelling. One male was taken into custody by officers at the scene and the road has been reopened to … Nobody was injured in the incident.Lynn Valley Road, which was closed to traffic between Morgan Road and William Avenue during the standoff, was reopened by early evening.Sign up to receive daily headline news from the Vancouver Sun, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.There was an error, please provide a valid email address.A welcome email is on its way.