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Lockdown lifted at Toronto high school after person reportedly seen with a knife: police

A Toronto Police logo is shown during a press conference in Toronto on Aug. 5, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Cole Burston. CLB

Police say a lockdown has been lifted and no suspect was located after a person with a knife was reportedly seen at a Toronto high school.

Toronto police said officers were called to Kipling Collegiate Institute in the Martin Grove Road and The Westway area at around 2:42 p.m., on Tuesday.

Officers said the person was seen inside the school.

Toronto paramedics told Global News one person was taken to hospital with minor injuries in connection with an unrelated incident.

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The school was temporarily placed into a lockdown which has since been lifted.

Police said a suspect was not located.

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