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Perimeter lockdown lifted at Saskatoon schools after report of gun

Perimeter lockdown at two Saskatoon schools was lifted Tuesday morning after a report of person with a gun in a nearby park. File / Global News

Saskatoon police have given the all-clear at two elementary schools after a student reported seeing a person with a gun in a nearby park.

The schools on Avondale and Rosedale roads, both in the 200 blocks, initiated perimeter lockdown at around 9:30 a.m. CT on Tuesday.

Officers searched the area in the Wildwood neighbourhood but no firearms were found.

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The perimeter lockdowns were lifted just after 9:45 a.m.

Anyone with information is asked to call Saskatoon police at 306-975-8300 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.

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