2 in custody after man allegedly beaten with a firearm at Richmond pub

Two men are in custody after police surrounded a Richmond pub Thursday night in response to a call of shots fired and a man brandishing a firearm, possibly with hostages.

Officers attending the Pioneer’s Pub on No. 3 Road found a 32-year-old man who had been allegedly struck in the head with part of a firearm — believed to be a shotgun — but no evidence of hostages or shots fired.

Witnesses described a balaclava-wearing suspect fleeing in a light-coloured vehicle with several other people inside.

Officers arrest a man