ReportagemA Tariff Rant in a Grocery Aisle Ended With Loaded Guns SeizedEscrito 12 de setembro de 2026 às 17:05 UTCVerTranscrição0:11A death threat over trade politics emptied a Calgary family's home of loaded0:16firearms before noon was even over.0:18Police say an aggravated political rant inside a supermarket ended with a man0:22arrested at gunpoint, and the hunt that followed turned up an arsenal.0:25How did a tariff argument turn into an alleged execution threat in front of a child?0:29And what did officers find when they kicked down the door?0:32It happened just after noon on September 3rd at the Safeway at 2525 Woodview Drive0:37in southwest Calgary's Woodbine neighborhood.0:39A man shopping with his wife and child was approached by a stranger who began0:42ranting about Canadian and American tariffs.0:44Police say the suspect grew increasingly agitated, shouted anti-Canadian and0:49pro-American remarks, then threatened to retrieve a shotgun and shoot the shopper in0:53front of the wife and child.0:54Store staff stepped in, but the suspect approached the family a second time before0:58being escorted out.0:59Police identified him from witness reports and located him at a home in the 4001:04block of Woodside Road in nearby Woodlands.1:06As officers arrived, they say they heard a gunshot from inside the residence.1:10Nobody was hurt.1:11He was arrested at 12.53 the same afternoon.1:13The confrontation and the arrest happened within 43 minutes.1:16The threat was made inside the store at 12.10 p.m., and by 12.53 p.m., the suspect1:21was in custody at a residence about two kilometers away in Woodlands.1:25Between those moments, officers say they heard a shot fired inside the house.1:28Nobody was injured, and no one else was home when they arrived.1:31A search warrant yielded the weapons that now anchor the case.1:34The alleged threat was made at the Safeway on Woodview Drive.1:37The arrest came at a residence in Woodlands, a short drive away.1:41The geography underscores how quickly a political argument escalated into a firearms1:45incident in a residential neighborhood.1:47Officers took an unloaded .40 caliber pistol, a loaded 12-gauge shotgun, and a Glock1:52replica BB gun, along with loaded magazines and ammunition.1:56The shotgun was loaded and ready.1:58It's a collection that turns a verbal threat into a serious weapons case.2:02He faces five charges in total.2:04The discharge charge is tied to the shot heard at the house, not to any shot fired2:09in the store.2:10The careless storage counts cover the loaded firearms found in the home.2:13Police have not published the exact wording of the threat.2:16They describe it as a threat to retrieve a shotgun and shoot the other man.2:20The dispute itself was political commentary about tariffs, not a specific price tag.2:24The name spelling used in police materials is Gariok, though some early reports2:28carried it as Garak.2:29The file number is CA264-02231.2:39Gariok is due back in court on Thursday, September 17th.2:43That's the next milestone in a case that shows how a national trade dispute reached2:47a grocery aisle in Calgary and a family home.Ler o artigoCronologia da históriaHeyDexO vídeo curto ↗
