A 33 year-old-Merritt man is expected to face charges after a gun was pointed at someone during what police are calling “an interaction” at a home in that city.

Police say it happened just before 5 a.m. on Sunday, Nov. 1, when someone who approached a home on Nicola Avenue.

“The individual managed to leave the immediate area safely to call for assistance,” Southeast District spokesperson Cpl. Jesse O’Donaghey said in a statement.

O’Donaghey says frontline officers set up a containment area around the home and tried to contact the suspect inside.

“The RCMP Southeast District Emergency Response Team deployed to the Merritt area to assist with what was considered a high risk arrest, due to the involvement of a firearm,” he added. “The suspect and two other individuals exited the home and were taken into custody, without incident, after being called out by ERT.”

The unnamed 33-year-old man has a court date today.

Anyone with further information about the incident is asked to call Merritt RCMP or Crime Stoppers.