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Toronto schools put on lockdown,
hold and secure after two separate
shootings
By PREMILA DSA Staff Reporter
Wed., Sept. 12, 2018
separateSeveral Toronto schools were put into lockdown or hold and secure Wednesday
after two ootings in Etobicoke and Scarborough.
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A male in his teens was transported to hospital with serious but non -life-
threatening injuries from a gunshot wound after a shooting at Capri Rd.
and The East Mall in Etobicoke on Wednesday. (GRAHAM PAINE
METROLAND)
Paramedics said they found a male teen victim with a serious but non -life-
threatening gunshot wound. Paramedics also took two teen girls to a local hospital
with minor injuries.
Multiple Etobicoke-area schools, including Burnhamthorpe Collegiate Institute,
Bloorlea Middle School and West Glen Junior SchooL were placed on hold and
secure. At 3:14 p.m. police said they ended the hold and secure at all schools. Polics-
said they are searching the area for two possible suspects that fled on foot.
Earlier in the day, a school in Scarborough was placed on lockdown after officials
say a shooting left one man with a minor gunshot wound. TDSB said the lockdown
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Danforth Rd. at 11:49 p.m. They said they received reports of one shot fired but
located no shell casings.
They later found a male victim in the area. Paramedics said they picked up the man,
who is described to be in his late teens, around 12 p.m. He was taken to hospital
with a minor gunshot injury.
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which is primarily an adult school with a number of other programs present,
including a dayeare," said TDSB spokesperson Ryan Bird.
Initial reports suggested that the sound of a gunshot came from outside of the
building.
Police spokesperson Gary Long said that lockdowns are stricter than hold and
secure procedures. Under lockdown, students and teachers are locked into
classrooms, the windows are shut and no one is allowed to roam freely within the
building, he said. With hold and secure, teachers and students are allowed to walk
around but not allowed to leave the building.
Premila DSa is a breaking news reporter, working out of the Star's radio room in Toronto. Follow her on Twitter:
@premila—dsa
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