Starbuck man, 46, charged after woman reports shotgun fired at her

Headingley RCMP have charged a 46-year-old Starbuck man after a woman reported being threatened, struck with objects and shot at as she drove away on River Oak Drive on Nov. 11, police said.

Police said they received the report of an assault involving a discharged firearm at 7 a.m. The woman told officers the man was known to her and that he smashed her windshield before firing a shotgun as she tried to escape.

The 46-year-old woman, who is from Winnipeg, sustained minor, non-life-threatening injuries, according to the RCMP.

Officers responded with the Manitoba RCMP Emergency Response Team and obtained entry and search warrants for the residence, police said. The team called the man out of the residence, and he was arrested without further incident.

A search of the property turned up a loaded shotgun inside the residence and a spent shotgun shell outside the front door, police said.

Charges and investigation

Jesse Drew, 46, of Starbuck, was charged with the following offences and remanded in custody, according to police:

• Careless use of a firearm;
• Use of a firearm in the commission of an offence;
• Possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose;
• Intentionally discharging a firearm;
• Pointing a firearm;
• Mischief over $5,000;
• Assault with a weapon;
• Careless storage of a firearm;
• Uttering threats to cause bodily harm; and
• Unauthorized possession of a firearm.

Headingley RCMP said the investigation is continuing.