Police seize replica BB gun from O-Train passenger

Ottawa police officers and OC Transpo special constables at Lees Station Tuesday, April 15, 2025. Police say officers responded to a report of a passenger in possession of a firearm. (CTV News Ottawa viewer submission)

Ottawa police seized a replica BB gun from an O-Train passenger after responding to a call for a firearm on the light-rail transit system.

The Ottawa Police Service says it received a call just before 8 a.m. Tuesday, reporting someone riding on the LRT was in possession of a firearm.

“At Lees Station, officers located a young person with what turned out to be a replica BB gun,” police said in a statement to CTV News Ottawa. “It was seized by officers and the youth was released into the care of their parents.”

Photos sent to CTV News Ottawa showed several officers and OC Transpo special constables at Lees Station Tuesday morning.

OC Transpo says police requested support from OC Transpo’s special constables unit.

“Special Constables provided assistance to OPS by locating an individual at Lees Station,” Chief Special Constable Peter Scislowski said, adding further information would be released by police.