Oceanside RCMP say a man with a machete advanced on officers, requiring him to be tased. (file photo/NanaimoNewsNOW)

By NanaimoNewsNOW Staff

TASER DEPLOYED

Machete wielding man in mental distress tased, taken into custody by Oceanside RCMP

Mar 31, 2021 | 9:58 AM

PARKSVILLE — A police call of a suspicious man walking into a Parksville restaurant with a machete quickly escalated into the man attacking a police car.

The incident occurred around 4:15 p.m. on Tuesday, March 30.

Cpl. Jesse Foreman told NanaimoNewsNOW said officers were first called due to the suspicious nature of the 25-year-old man in the Tim Hortons, who walked away on Hwy. 19A before officers arrived.

Police found him near the orange bridge, where he unsheathed the machete.

“De-escalation techniques weren’t working,” Foreman said. “The man didn’t want to talk to police or deal with them at all. He ended up turning on us.”

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Foreman said the man managed to put the machete through the hood of a police cruiser before being tasered. tried stabbing the hood a nearby cop car with the machete, before being tasered.

The man was taken for a mental health evaluation and then into Oceanside RCMP custody Wednesday morning.

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