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Gun scare
Charges laid, following gun-related incident in Birch Hills
Nov 6, 2019 | 1:10 PM
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A 29-year-old man has been charged with assault in connection to a tense situation in Birch Hills last week in which the local school was temporarily placed on alert.
Early Friday morning, police responded to a domestic violence incident at a home in the community, and told a man may be walking around, carrying a gun.
Michael Marrion was arrested roughly seven and a half hours hours later. Police later retrieved a gun stashed in a wooded area the following day.
When initial attempts by police to locate the man on Friday morning failed, the local school was notified and a ‘hold-and-secure’ procedure was initiated but was only in place for roughly 20 minutes as the suspect was found. At no time was the school ever directly threatened.
