A 42-year-old man from Cornwall is facing 18 charges after police responded to a call to assist paramedics called to a possible stabbing on Monday morning.

Police alleged the man assaulted someone else with an edged weapon, injuring the person; then brandished a firearm and pointed it at several people, forcing one of them to get into a motor vehicle. Police alleged the man threatened to kill multiple people. Police said the man was located at his residence, where police alleged he refused to leave the premises. The Cornwall Emergency Response Team went to the scene around 2:30 p.m. Monday, and subsequently took the man into custody.

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The man was charged with assault causing bodily harm; two counts of assault with a weapon; kidnapping while using certain firearms – con

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