A 19-year-old is facing over a half a dozen charges after a person was assaulted and threatened with what turned out to be a imitation gun in the Municipality of Arran-Elderslie.
South Bruce OPP were called about the incident on Saturday.
Investigators determined a dispute between intimate partners escalated with one, armed with a handgun, assaulting the other. After a brief struggle with officers one person was taken into custody.
The handgun seized was determined to be an imitation firearm, police said.
A 19-year-old from Arran-Elderslie is charged with assault, assault with intent to resist arrest, pointing a firearm, possession of an imitation weapon for a dangerous purpose, two counts of failing to comply with release order, and three counts of uttering threats to cause death. The accused has been remanded into custody, police said.
Anyone with information about this incident is asked to call police at 1-888-310-1122 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS).