Lockdown lifted at North York high school after police search

An aerial shot of James Cardinal McGuigan Catholic High School (Credit: Chopper24)

A lockdown at a North York high school has been lifted after police searched the building following reports of a person with a gun on Monday afternoon.

The lockdown was put into place at James Cardinal McGuigan Catholic High School near Finch Avenue and Keele Street at around 3:20 p.m. but investigators lifted the order at around 4:30 p.m.

Police say that a search of the building was carried out and no firearm or evidence of gunfire was located.

Aerial footage from the scene showed more than a dozen police cruisers parked outside of the school on Monday afternoon.