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18-year-old male facing 5 criminal charges after firearm reported outside Saskatoon school

Saskatoon police arrested an 18-year-old male after reports of a firearm outside a Saskatoon school. File / Global News

An 18-year-old man who was taken into custody following a report of a person armed with a firearm at a school parking lot is now facing five Criminal Code charges: possession of a weapon for the purpose of committing an offence, using an imitation firearm in the commission of an offence, two counts of assault with a weapon and causing bodily harm with intent using an air gun or pistol.

At approximately 1:30 p.m. May 31, 2022, Saskatoon police were called to the school in the 200 block of Primrose Drive.

The suspect was in possession of what has been determined to be a replica BB gun. He was reported to have fired the gun at three other males, striking one of them. The male received a minor physical injury.

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No other injuries have been reported.

The male suspect then fled the scene and was taken into custody shortly after in the 200 block of Broadbent Avenue with the help of the Corman Park Police Service.

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