Nova Scotia RCMP charges man with firearms offences

An RCMP detachment sign. (Amanda Anderson/CTV News)

RCMP charged a man with firearms offences after a firearm was allegedly discharged inside a home in Economy, N.S., on Christmas Day.

Colchester County District RCMP received a report at approximately 6:15 p.m. Wednesday that a gun had been fired inside a home on Etta Drive in Economy, said a Friday news release.

Responding officers learned a man fired a gun inside the home after an altercation with a woman he knew, said the release. Nobody was injured.

Officers arrested Tony Fleming Hingley, 61. The man allegedly tried to strike one of the responding officers during the arrest multiple times, but was taken into custody safely, said the release.

Hingley has been charged with:

Hingley was remanded into custody. He is scheduled to appear in Truro Provincial court Friday.

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