REGINA — A 27-year-old man is facing 16 charges after he was shot by a Regina police officer.

Investigators said officers were called early Sunday morning to a Regina home where a man inside was allegedly waving around a long-barrelled gun and threatening people. When they arrived, they say they found a male with a firearm in the back yard.

Police told him to drop the weapon but they say he did not.

Police said an officer fired one shot, striking the man in the torso.

The man was taken to hospital where he was listed in stable condition.

Leonard Shawn Sylvestre, is charged with assault with a weapon, threatening, tampering with a serial number, unauthorized possession of a firearm, and several other counts.