Greater Sudbury Police tweeted a few moments ago that the man has exited the building and is now in police custody. He turned himself in peacefully, GSPS said.
Updated at 2:36 p.m. A man who refused to leave a Wilma Street apartment after a family dispute this morning has turned himself into police.
The intersection of Notre Dame Avenue and Wilma Street will remain closed for a short time.
Sudbury.com will update this story as more information becomes available.
Updated at 2:25 p.m.: School buses that use Wilma Street as part of their routes will not be able to access the roadway today due to the situation that's been unfolding in an apartment building on the street in the Flour Mill today.
Greater Sudbury Police tweeted this afternoon that contact has been made with the Sudbury Student Services Consortium, which will in turn be contacting parents on any affected routes. Alternate arrangements will have to be made by parents to ensure affected students can get home.
Updated at 12 p.m.: One officer is being treated for an injury sustained when police responded to a family disturbance in a Wilma Street apartment building this morning.
GSPS Staff Sgt Marc Brunette confirmed that an officer was injured this morning. A witness had told Sudbury.com she saw an officer vacate the building with a bleeding arm just after 9 a.m. this morning. He verbally indicated to other officers that the man inside was emotionally distraught, the witness said.
Brunette confirmed an officer was injured but couldn't say the nature or severity of that incident.
He said officers were called to the building at 260 Wilma Street due to what he called a "family disturbance," he told Sudbury.com in a live Facebook chat.
"When officers arrived, they were faced with ... an uncooperative subject," the staff sergeant said.
There were two people in the apartment, one of whom was later helped to safety by Greater Sudbury firefighters.
"Now, we're faced with what appears to be barricaded person, an adult male," Brunette said. "Officers are attempting to maintain communication (with the man) to negotiate a peaceful resolution."
Police are asking anyone with information regarding the situation to phone Greater Sudbury Police Service at 705-675-9171.
Updated at 11:16 a.m.: Greater Sudbury Police have told media at the scene of the situation on Wilma Street that they will be providing an update to reporters and a statement shortly. Stay tuned.
Updated at 10:52 a.m.: A man who is refusing to leave a Wilma Street apartment remains inside the residence as tactical unit officers with Greater Sudbury Police attempt to talk him out of the building.
Sudbury.com reporters Arron Pickard and Heather Green-Oliver are at the scene.
PIckard reports that tactical unit officers are using a Greater Sudbury Fire Service ladder truck to communicate with the man, who is in the top-floor apartment of a red brick building on Wilma.
Earlier, firefighters used the ladder truck to help a woman escape from the apartment.
Updated at 10:30 a.m.: The Sudbury.com reporter at the scene of a disturbance on Wilma Street in the Flour Mill says a distraught man who refuses to leave a residence is throwing window blinds at police.
The reason for the man's high emotional state is not known.
Firefighters helped a woman exit the building, possibly using a ladder truck, a few minutes ago.
Updated at 10:21 a.m.: A woman has been safely removed from a residence on Wilma Street this morning with the assistance of Greater Sudbury firefighters. Meanwhile, a man remains inside the residence.
Sudbury.com reporter Arron Pickard is at the scene. He captured an image of a city fire truck with its ladder extended toward a residence. It seems the ladder was used to help the woman escape the building, though police have not confirmed this.
A tweet from the Greater Sudbury Police Twitter account says the man inside is "throwing objects at officers."
The public is asked to remain clear of the building.
Original story
People who live in the area of Wilma Street in the Flour Mill are being asked to remain indoors while police deal with a "disturbance" in the neighbourhood.
Greater Sudbury Police spokesperson Kaitlyn Dunn wouldn't describe the nature of that disturbance.
"There is no threat to the public," Dunn said.
As a precaution, people are being asked to remain indoors while police do their work.
More information will be made available. Sudbury.com has a reporter at the scene to provide updates.
