Westlock crime: RCMP seek man after gun threat [Video]

Police in Westlock, Alta., are searching for a man they say is armed and dangerous after they received a threat complaint on Thursday.

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RCMP in the town 72 kilometres northwest of Edmonton said in a media release Tuesday evening they are trying to find Rick Ernest Atzler, 31, of Westlock.

Police say Atzler threatened to kill and pointed a gun at a person, and that he left the scene armed with it.

He is wanted for several offences, including pointing a firearm, assault with a weapon and assault causing bodily harm.

Atzler is five feet six inches tall, weighs 150 lb., has short black hair, usually has a patch of hair on his chin, has an eyebrow piercing over his right eye and has a tattoo on the right side of his neck with the …