TORONTO – A high school in Brampton was locked down Monday after two students mistook a camera for a gun.
A statement from Brampton Centennial Secondary School said two students were approached by two men in a car whom they believed had a gun.
The students reported the incident and the school went into lockdown shortly after 1 p.m.
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Police searched the school, investigated and concluded the alleged firearm was rather an “L-shaped camera.”
Two youths were taken into custody by police.
The lockdown was lifted shortly after 2 p.m.
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