The Canada Post Processing Centre in northeast Calgary was put into lockdown Wednesday afternoon after a man outside the building was seen with a handgun.
Calgary police were alerted at about 2:20 p.m., and sent a tactical team and canine unit to the centre at the 11-hundred block of 49th Ave N.E.
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Police said they saw a man wandering erratically in the parking lot.
As a precaution, both the building and parking lot were put into lockdown.
Police told Global News officers challenged the man and took him into custody at around 2:48 – nearly 30 minutes after the incident began.
A suicide note and a .45 caliber handgun were found in the man’s vehicle.
There were no injuries, and the man remains in police custody while the investigation continues.
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