Restrictions on the investigation near Avenue F North and 37th Street were lifted around 3 p.m. Friday afternoon and several people were taken into custody.
Around 5:50 a.m. Friday police received a report of an armed robbery of a man and a woman while they sat in a vehicle at the intersection in Saskatoon’s Mayfair neighbourhood. An unknown male armed with a firearm had approached them and demanded their money then after reporting the incident the male victim was approached by a second male suspect then threatened with a shotgun and physically assaulted.
Police response included the Crisis Negotiation Team and the Tactical Support Unit due to the involvement of firearms.
A number of people initially exited an area home following police instruction. After several attempts to contact the remaining people inside the residence, and obtaining a search warrant, police were able to arrest an additional male and female from inside the home.
