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Buildings evacuated at SFU Burnaby campus amid gun scare

Simon Fraser University's Burnaby campus. Global News

Burnaby RCMP have arrested a man after a gun scare at the SFU Burnaby Mountain campus.

An RCMP spokesperson said officers were called to the campus just after 2 p.m., to reports of a man wearing clothing with an RCMP crest carrying a gun.

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Police responded with multiple units and a helicopter, and cleared two residences where the man was last believed to have been seen, in the 8800 block of University Drive.

Officers then got word the man was in a classroom near the WAC Bennett Library. Police attended and arrested a 19-year-old man with no incident.

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Police said the man was wearing a baseball cap with an RCMP logo on it, and was in possession of a a replica firearm, but couldn’t confirm what type.

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Multiple students took to social media to complain that the university had waited until the incident was over to alert students.

The university declined an on camera interview, but issued a statement saying it was aware of the police incident, which had been resolved safely.

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