Patient accused of assaulting paramedic in ambulance, attacking driver in passing vehicle
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A Pine Creek man is facing charges after police say he assaulted a paramedic and then wandered into traffic and attacked a passing motorist in front of a child.
A Mountie from the Winnipegosis detachment responded to the incident at 10:45 a.m. Monday, after receiving reports that a patient armed with shears had assaulted a paramedic in the back of an ambulance. The 38-year-old suspect was being transported from Pine Creek First Nation to a hospital in Dauphin, Manitoba RCMP said in a news release Tuesday.
“The officer met the ambulance on Highway 20, north of Winnipegosis. When the officer opened the back of the ambulance, the male was still in possession of the weapon, and despite continued requests to drop the weapon, he did not comply,” RCMP said.
“The male then aggressively approached the officer with the shear.”
The officer shot the man with a stun gun, but the weapon had no effect. The suspect, still armed, then fled northbound on the highway, police said.
“As vehicles slowed and eventually stopped at the scene, a woman exited the passenger side of one of the stopped vehicles and the suspect entered the vehicle and began assaulting the driver with the weapon, with a child in the back seat,” RCMP said.
The Mountie, along with the woman and the man driving the vehicle, managed to disarm and restrain the suspect inside the vehicle, but he continued to fight, the release said.
The suspect then left the vehicle and again approached the officer. He was shot with a non-lethal impact round, but it had no effect, it said.
A second officer successfully used a stun gun on the suspect and police were able to arrest him, RCMP said.
The paramedic and the male driver each suffered minor injuries. The child was unharmed, police said.
Randy Nepinak, from Pine Creek First Nation, is charged with numerous offences, including assault, assault with a weapon, assault on a police officer with a weapon, robbery with offensive weapon, possession of a weapon for dangerous purposes and resist/obstruct a peace officer.
Nepinak was transported to hospital and assessed before being released into RCMP custody.
The investigation is ongoing, police said.
tyler.searle@freepress.mb.ca
