Police have cleared a Kitchener high school, and multiple nearby schools, after several hold and secures and a lockdown was issued on Monday.
Waterloo regional police responded to a weapon-related call in Kitchener, which put Grand River Collegiate Institute (GRCI) in a lockdown “as a safety precaution.”
Nearby Crestview Public School, Chicopee Hills Public School and Stanley Park Public School have also had hold and secure measures lifted.
Officials are now detailing that the incident was a swatting call, a fake report made to trigger a police response. They said in a press release that officers got a report around 9:20 a.m. that a person had a gun inside GRCI.
“Through investigation, it was determined that the reported incident had not occurred,” police said.
The release does note that officials believe the call was a targeted incident and the investigation is ongoing.
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