Northern Saskatchewan school in lockdown after shooting
Posted Jan 22, 2016 04:36:45 PM.
Last Updated Jan 22, 2016 04:40:15 PM.
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LA LOCHE, Sask. – A school in the northern Saskatchewan community of La Loche says it is dealing with an emergency situation and is asking people to stay away.
CTV News quotes an official from the Northern Lights School Division talking about an “active shooter” in the school’s Dene building.
Ken Ladouceur, the division’s director of education, says he received a call from the principal of La Loche Community School shortly after 1 p.m.
CTV also quotes the community’s fire chief as saying a boy with a gun is in custody.
La Loche RCMP say they are on the scene of a “serious incident” at the Dene high school, which is in lockdown, and which houses students from Grades 7 to 12.
Mounties are also asking parents and residents to stay away because the situation is active and ongoing.
“We are in the preliminary stages of investigation,” the RCMP say in a release.
The Ducharme Elementary School has also been locked down as a precaution.
There is no official word on injuries.
La Loche is a remote Dene community of about 3,000 people on the eastern shore of Lac La Loche in the northern boreal forest.
