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62-year-old NOTLer charged with reckless firearm use after shots fired at home
Niagara Regional Police specialized units, including the Emergency Task Unit, K9 Unit and Crisis Negotiation Unit, were deployed to the scene on June 12. The suspect exited the home and was arrested. FILE PHOTO

A Niagara-on-the-Lake resident is in custody after his arrest last week in connection with an incident of gunshots fired at a home in town.

Police have arrested 62-year-old Edgar G. Lefebvre and charged him with the reckless discharging of a firearm, careless use of a firearm and possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose.

Lefebvre appeared in a video bail hearing in court in St. Catharines on June 13 and was remanded into custody, the day after his arrest on the afternoon of June 12, after gunshots were reported at a home in NOTL on Queenston Street, east of Homer Bridge, near the border of St. Catharines.

Niagara Regional Police specialized units, including the Emergency Task Unit, K9 Unit and Crisis Negotiation Unit, were deployed to the scene. Officers surrounded the property as a precaution.

Police say no one was injured in the incident.

Police are asking anyone with information to contact investigators at 905-688-4111, option 3, extension 1009701, or reach out anonymously through Crime Stoppers of Niagara.

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