A 31-year-old man is facing eight charges following an incident early this week that was initially reported as a shooting.
Police responded to reports of a man with a gun threatening a woman in the early afternoon of Jan. 26 at a house near 128 Street and 100 Avenue.
When officers arrived, they found a 17-year-old woman with a serious head wound. She said she’d been shot. An airsoft replica gun was found at the scene and police later determined the victim had been assaulted, not shot.
The woman was treated in hospital and released the same afternoon.
Daniel Burgess has since been charged with five counts of assault with a weapon, one of assault causing bodily harm, one of using an imitation firearm and one of break and enter.
Surrey RCMP say there were several people in the home at the time of the incident. Burgess initially fled on foot but was arrested nearby. Police believe Burgess and the teen knew one another.
