One person was taken to hospital after a firearm was discharged in a Toronto high school, police say.
Toronto police said the incident occurred at East York Alternative Secondary School on Thursday at around 1:10 p.m.
Police said officers received a report that a fight broke out in one of the school’s washrooms.
Officers said a firearm was discharged, and an outreach worker was struck in the foot “as a result of (the) bullet ricocheting off the ground.”
Police said the outreach worker sustained minor injuries as a result of the incident.
According to police, six “persons of interest” have been identified.
Acting Insp. Jason Albanese, told reporters that police are “trying to piece together what their respective roles were involved in this incident.”
Albanese said officers believe some of those involved are students at the school.
“But we’re just trying to piece together if they all were, or just some of them,” he said.
Albanese said the firearm has not been recovered.
Officers said the school was temporarily placed under a lockdown, but it has since been lifted.
Police said the “involved parties” fled on foot eastbound on Cosburn Avenue before police arrived.
Officers said the investigation is ongoing.
Anyone with information is asked to contact police.
Toronto District School Board spokesperson Ryan Bird told reporters Thursday the board is “very happy” that “everyone is okay after this incident this afternoon.”
“We’re going to make sure that we are supporting our students and staff here, whether it be through our professional support services staff, making sure that tomorrow they’re on site for anyone that wants to talk about this,” he continued. “This is very difficult when this happens right near you or in your school, so we want to make sure that we’re supporting them in any way we can.”
Bird said around 60 students were at the school on Thursday.
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