A man who held off police for six hours at a bank in downtown Chase Thursday evening was taken down with a soft projectile and arrested outside, after he walked toward police saying "shoot me."

RCMP say the man, in his 50s and with several home addresses listed in the Central Interior, was arrested about 11 p.m. Employees said they did not recognize him.

Cpl. Dan Moskaluk said the man initially walked into the bank carrying what appeared to be a bomb as well as knife and gun about 4:40 p.m.

After talking to a police negotiator hours later, he agreed to walk out of the RBC branch.

"They got him to walk out and the ERT (emergency response team) was in place near the exit."

Moskaluk described the man as "initially compliant." But after walking out he was no longer co-operative, instead moving toward RCMP and telling them to shoot.

RCMP used a soft projectile, known as a "sock round" to stun him to the ground. He was then arrested without further incident.

The projectile resulted in an audible bang that could be heard downtown.

The man was taken to hospital by B.C. Ambulance. He was suffering from self-inflicted knife wounds.

It turned out that his gun was a pellet gun and that the bomb was fake.

Police said after walking in the bank in the early afternoon, the man told employees to leave.

Chase RCMP arrived soon after. An hour later ERT members from Kamloops arrived, pushing back curious onlookers in an ever-widening perimeter.

The branch remained closed Friday.

"I went downtown and ate breakfast this morning," said Mayor Ron Anderson. "Except for the bank being cordoned off, everything is functioning as it should."

Anderson credited RCMP for arresting the man without major incident.

"The police were exceptionally good. They had it under control right from the start."