Man arrested after chasing security guards with a knife in Victoria

A man was arrested by police in Victoria on Friday morning after he chased two security guards while armed with a knife.

Officers flooded the area near a multi-unit residential temporary housing facility in the 3000-block of Blanshard Street just after 10 am after a security guard called 911 to report he was being chased by a man wielding a knife.

The security guard and his partner reported that they had discovered the man outside the building and asked him to leave.

The man responded by brandishing a knife, and started chasing both guards. One of the guards called 911 while being chased. Luckily, neither of the guards was physically injured.

Officers located the man nearby a short time later. He was taken into custody without incident. Officers seized a knife while searching the man.

The man was held for court and faces charges related to assault with a weapon and breaches of court-ordered conditions not to possess knives.

If you have information about this incident and have yet to speak with officers, please call the VicPD Report Desk at (250) 995-7654 extension 1.

Please call Greater Victoria Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 to report what you know anonymously.