SASKATOON — Three Saskatoon elementary schools were targeted by threats resulting in lockdowns Friday afternoon.
Saskatoon Police Service says lockdowns have now been lifted but investigation continues.
At approximately 12:30 p.m., police received a 911 call reporting a person with a firearm approaching an elementary school in the 200 block of Avenue S Â鶹´«Ã½AV. Patrol, school resource officers and on-duty tactical support unit officers responded to the area.
At 12:36 p.m. and 1:13 p.m., police received two additional 911 calls with similar reports of threats involving elementary schools in the 200 block of 111th Street and the 3500 block of John A. Macdonald Road, respectively.
Each school was placed on lockdown while police attended and quickly cleared each room. No threat was located and the lockdowns have since been lifted.
The SPS General Investigations Section will continue to investigate with support from the school resource unit.
Anyone with information on these incidents is asked to contact the SPS at 306-975-8300 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8433.
