CALGARY -- A man is facing firearms-related charges following an apparent case of road rage east of Calgary earlier this week.
Gleichen RCMP received reports just after 9 p.m. on Tuesday that a male driver of a vehicle was armed with a firearm and was in pursuit of another vehicle.
The suspect vehicle was later located at a residence on the Siksika First Nation — about 95 kilometres east of Calgary — and police believed the man to be inside. The RCMP Emergency Response Team was called in to assist.
The suspected was arrested just after 3 a.m. as he tried to flee the residence and a search turned up a .22 calibre rifle.
Preston Joseph Yellowfly, 34, of the Siksika Nation is facing 17 charges, including:
- Unauthorized possession of a firearm in motor vehicle (x2)
- Pointing a firearm
- Possession of a weapon while prohibited (x4)
- Unsafe storage of firearms (x4)
- Failing to comply with release order (x4)
- Dangerous operation of vehicle
- Operating a vehicle while prohibited
Yellowfly was remanded in custody to appear in Siksika Nation provincial court on July 16.
