Lethbridge schools lifted from lockdown after weapons report near LCI
Police responded to a reported threat in the 1700-block of 5th Avenue, prompting precautionary lockdowns at Lethbridge Collegiate Institute and several nearby schools.
The Lethbridge Police Service confirmed that lockdowns at Lethbridge Collegiate Institute and other nearby schools have been lifted after officers responded to a reported weapons threat just after noon Thursday in the 1700-block of 5th Avenue.
As a precaution, LCI, Victoria Park School and other schools in the area initiated lockdown procedures while police investigated. The Holy Spirit Catholic School Division said several of its facilities were also affected, including Catholic Central High School East, St. Francis Junior High School, Trinity Learning Centre, Ecole St. Mary, and CARE.
The division said it takes every precaution to ensure student and staff safety, describing the lockdown and hold-and-secure measures as having been initiated out of an abundance of caution. Police have not released further details about the nature of the reported threat but say the public may now use the area again.
The incident comes days after a 16-year-old boy was charged in a separate case in which a replica handgun, identified as a water pistol, was seized.
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