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Brief lockdown at Mayfair School following weapon threat

A Saskatoon elementary school was briefly locked down on Thursday afternoon after a student made threats involving a weapon. 

Police were called to Mayfair School on 34th Street West around 1:48 p.m. after an 11-year-old student had a physical altercation with two other students and made the weapon threat. 

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He then went to a residence in the 700-block 33rd Street West where he was located by police. 

Mayfair School implemented its emergency safety measures which were lifted at 2:21 p.m. 

No weapons have been found by police and officers and school administrators are working with the families. 

The matter remains under investigation. 

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