A 59-year-old man has been arrested and charged by Windsor police following a seven-hour standoff.
Shortly after 11 a.m. on Saturday, police responded to a call about a disturbance at an apartment building in the 900 block of Ouellette Avenue.
Officers learned that a man who lived in the building had discharged multiple fire extinguishers throughout the property and barricaded himself inside an apartment.
Police state that the man then allegedly brandished weapons, made threats, and threw items at people from his balcony.
When the suspect refused to leave the residence, officers set up a perimeter around the property and called in a negotiator and the Windsor Police Emergency Services Unit for assistance.
Following over seven hours of the standoff and repeated attempts to negotiate, ESU members entered the apartment and arrested the suspect without incident.
The suspect has been charged with assault with a weapon, possession of a weapon dangerous to public peace, uttering threats to cause death, uttering threats to cause damage to property, and mischief over $5,000.
Residents of the building told AM800 News that a man had barricaded himself inside an apartment.
Officers on scene had told residents on the ninth floor to evacuate, and that a suspect had been contained to his apartment.
Building resident Gilbert Jodoin says he had an encounter with the suspect before police were called.
"I was coming down the stairs and halfway downstairs from the tenth floor, I met the guy coming up the stairs with a sword and fire extinguisher, and he said ' just be careful'. He said that twice and then that was it, I just kept on going downstairs."
He says he was not approached in any threatening manor by the man.
"[He] didn't wave the sword or nothing. He just said 'be careful'."
Jodoin says he's not sure how it escalated into police and fire being called and when he returned home a few hours later, he was not allowed back into his suite.
Ouellette Avenue was closed overnight, and police posted to social media on early Sunday morning that the road had re-opened.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Windsor Police or Crime Stoppers.