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Saskatoon school placed under brief perimeter lockdown after gun report

École River Heights School was placed under a perimeter lockdown after a report a man armed with a gun was outside the Saskatoon elementary school. File / Global News

A Saskatoon elementary school was placed under a perimeter lockdown Thursday morning after a report of a man with a gun.

Saskatoon police said they received a call at around 9:20 a.m. CT that there was a man armed with a gun outside the school in the 10-block of Ravine Drive.

École River Heights School was immediately placed in a perimeter lockdown.

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Officers searched the area as well as a nearby school but said no suspicious people or weapons were found.

The perimeter lockdown has been lifted.

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Officers continue to investigation and ask anyone with information to contact Saskatoon police at 306-975-8300 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.

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