Edmonton City Hall was briefly placed on lockdown late Friday morning as police responded to a weapons complaint.
At about 11:45 a.m., Edmonton police decided to lock down City Hall for less than an hour “as a precautionary measure,” a police spokesperson said.
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As of 12:45 p.m., it had reopened.
EPS received a report that someone allegedly saw a suspicious person with a firearm.
“The presence of a weapon has not been confirmed,” the EPS spokesperson said.
As of 3:30 p.m., no suspicious individuals had been located.
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