[URBAN NOTE] False alarm
May. 22nd, 2009 02:47 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rfmcdonaldWhen I was leaving my home yesterday morning, returning downtown after I picked up litter that Shakespeare would actually deign to use at the neighbourhood Pet Valu, the cheerful blonde school crossing guard that I chat with in passing every Thursday morning had some shocking news.
"Did you here that there's someone with a gun," she said, "at the school by Bloor and Christie? (The Bickford Centre, actually.) We agreed that it was shocking news, and I said that I was happy that I wasn't planning on being in the neighbourhood.
What actually happened? Oops.
Torontoist has more, including photos.
"Did you here that there's someone with a gun," she said, "at the school by Bloor and Christie? (The Bickford Centre, actually.) We agreed that it was shocking news, and I said that I was happy that I wasn't planning on being in the neighbourhood.
What actually happened? Oops.
A false alarm triggered a school lockdown in downtown Toronto this morning.
At about 10:30 a.m., Bickford Centre on Bloor St. W. near Christie St. held an emergency lockdown drill. A student was unaware it was a drill and contacted someone on the outside reporting a gunmen was in the school. That friend contacted police and a real lockdown was put in place.
"I've just received word that the situation has been resolved. The school was having an emergency drill earlier on in the day," said Const. Wendy Drummond, adding that there were no injuries and the lockdown had been lifted.
Torontoist has more, including photos.
