3 Calgary schools placed in lockdown after suspicious person spotted: police

A police vehicle is shown at Calgary Police Service headquarters in Calgary on Thursday, April 9, 2020.

Several northwest schools were place under lockdown on Thursday after Calgary police received a report of a person in the area with a weapon.

The person was spotted in the 900 block of Northmount Drive N.W. at 11 a.m.

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Police said St. Margaret School, St. Francis High School and Collingwood School were placed under a lockdown out of “an abundance of caution.”

Officers were able to identify the suspect and take them into custody.

Police say the person had an airsoft gun, but hadn’t used it.

No injuries were reported, and all students remained safe throughout the incident, police said.