One person has been arrested in connection with a lockdown and “hold and secures” at a number of public schools in Oakville on Tuesday afternoon.
Halton Regional Police (HRPS) said the schools affected were all within a one-kilometre radius of each other in the town’s southwest end not far from Bronte Road and Upper Middle Road West.
“Officers received reports that a suspect had approached a student at Garth Webb Secondary School in Oakville and threatened them with a knife,” HRPS said in a release.
Garth Webb Secondary School was put in lockdown – an extreme procedure used when a threat is near or inside a school – just after Noon.
While the lesser hold-and-secure measures were taken at Captain R. Wilson Public School and St. Joan of Arc Catholic Elementary during a search for a 17-year-old suspect from Oakville.
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“The suspect was located by police in a wooded area adjacent to the school at 12:50 p.m.,” said HRPS.
Charges have not yet been revealed. The school shutdowns were lifted just after 1 p.m.
Police say there were no reports of any physical injuries.
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