On Monday at just after 11pm, Abbotsford Police responded to the Abbotsford Regional Hospital Emergency Department for a report of a patient seated in the waiting room believed to be in Possession of a firearm.
A person in the waiting room alerted hospital security after seeing the man drop a round of ammunition onto the floor. Hospital security contacted the police providing updates to arriving officers. Patrol officers immediately entered the hospital and took the man into custody without incident—a search of the man located a firearm.
50-year-old Jonathan MacDonald of Abbotsford has been charged with possession of a firearm without licence.
Mr.MacDonald remains in custody pending his next court appearance.
