Hammer-wielding man arrested after downtown parking station damaged

A 24-year-old Saskatoon man is facing charges after a FlexParking station downtown was damaged by a hammer.
Police on Tuesday morning saw a man with a hammer in the 200 block of 21st Street East, damaging a City of Saskatoon parking station. According to police in a news release, the man saw the officers and charged at them, causing them to draw their conducted energy weapons — commonly known as Tasers.
The man then turned and ran, police said. There was no CEW deployment.
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