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Ottawa police have charged two people under the age of 18 following a brief lockdown at a central Ottawa high school.
Police said Wednesday that the following day around 12 p.m., a call came in about a “suspicious incident” in the 200 block of Glebe Ave.
Glebe Collegiate Institute was put under lockown for about an hour while police located and arrested the two youths.
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One youth was charged with three counts of mischief causing damage to property and one attempt to commit a dual procedure offence. The second was charged with three counts of mischief causing damage to property, one attempt to commit a dual procedure offence and one count of failing to comply with a Youth Criminal Justice Act sentence.
Per the Youth Criminal Justice Act, their identities will not be released.
Joe Koraith, media representative for the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board, said Glebe Collegiate Institute was put under lockdown during lunch hour on Tuesday when two people were “pursued by a community member and entered the school to hide.
“Due to the uncertainty of the situation, we activated the lockdown safety procedure and contacted the Ottawa Police,” Koraith said via email. “No students or staff were harmed during this situation.”
He said the lockdown remained in place for approximately an hour while the police conducted a search of the building and determined that there was no danger to students and staff.
“All the students subsequently returned to their classrooms and normal school operations resumed,” he said.
Ottawa police said earlier in the day that there was a “police operation” in the 200 block of Glebe Avenue, and, along with the lockdown, “all other affected residents have been notified,” OPS said on the social media site X. “There are no reported injuries at this time.”
The OPS Central Criminal Investigations Section will investigate, police said.
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