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A 34-year-old Saskatoon man faces multiple charges after an incident in the city on April 18.

The Saskatoon Police Service (SPS) said in a news release Friday that officers were called to the 200 block of Korol Crescent in the Hampton Village suburb, near the airport, around 10 p.m. Thursday after a report a leak and entry in progress.

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Police said the person who took the call could hear a commotion in the background that suggested a gun robbery was occurring. Police were later told that at least one of the suspects had fled in a vehicle allegedly stolen during the robbery.

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The attempt to stop the vehicle failed and the driver fled at high speed. Police ended the chase and said they later found the vehicle abandoned nearby after crashing into a parked vehicle. Officers found a loaded firearm in the vehicle, according to the release.

A police dog led officers to a home that was under construction in the 500 block of Nightingale Road in Kensington, and officers used a loud speaker to order the man to leave the home. He was then arrested around 11:30 p.m. Police said no one else was arrested.

The man faces a combination of 15 charges related to breaking and entering, robbery, firearms and evading police. Police said he was also found to be in breach of conditions imposed by the court.

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