Barricaded person draws heavy police presence to Kitchener neighbourhood

A police cruiser blocks Dinison Crescent on July 5, 2023. (Heather Senoran/CTV Kitchener)

There was a heavy police presence in a south Kitchener neighbourhood Wednesday morning after a youth barricaded themselves inside a home, according to Waterloo regional police.

In a news release, police said officers received a report of a disturbance at a residence in the area of Dinison Crescent and Williamsburg Road around 9:45 a.m. Wednesday.

"The other occupants of the residence were able to exit the home and police were able to successfully negotiate with and arrest the barricaded individual," police said.

Two people were injured, police said.

The youth has been charged with two counts of assault, assault with a weapon, possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose, mischief under $5,000, and two counts of uttering threats to cause death