The man arrested and charged after an incident causing a school lockdown Jan. 22 has made two court appearances and will appear again next month for a show cause hearing.
Tuesday morning, Gabriel Poundmaker appeared in provincial court, with supportive family members in the gallery, and asked that he be allowed to have a psychiatric assessment.
Judge Bruce Bauer encouraged the 24-year-old to reconsider his announcement that he wanted to represent himself and, after an interview with legal counsel, Poundmaker consented to working with Legal Aid.
The judge said a psychiatric assessment has not been ordered at this time but that it may occur in the future.
Due to a considerable amount of disclosure to be dealt with, the judge set the next court date for March 3.
Poundmaker is facing numerous changes for incidents dating back to Jan. 5 of this year. The charges include: one count pointing a fire arm; two counts of possessing a weapon with the purpose of danger to the public peace; two counts of possessing a weapon while prohibited; one count of flight from a peace officer while operating a motor vehicle; one count of dangerous operation of a motor vehicle; and four counts of breach of probation. All are Criminal Code offences.
In a court appearance last week, another charge was added from Jan. 14-15, that of using a firearm, a handgun, while in flight from police officers.
Poundmaker has been in custody since Jan. 22 when RCMP responded to a call of a distraught man at a residence on 11th Avenue near St. Mary School at about 12:30 p.m.
As a safety measure, lockdown of St. Mary Community School was enacted and the evacuation of homes in the 1400 block of 11th Avenue took place.
Poundmaker was taken into custody, without incident, by 5:40 p.m.
