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City Hall put on lockdown as Edmonton police respond to weapons complaint

WATCH ABOVE: Edmonton police are investigating a weapons complaint at city hall. The building was briefly placed on lockdown Friday but has since re-opened – Feb 1, 2019

Edmonton City Hall was briefly placed on lockdown late Friday morning as police responded to a weapons complaint.

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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.

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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There was already a large police presence at City Hall on Friday because Edmonton’s new police chief was being formally sworn in.

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