Four Schools Put Under Hold and Secure After Weapon Reported in Mississauga

 

Reports of a weapon sighting put several schools under hold and secure this afternoon in Mississauga.

Peel Police said around 12:20 p.m. that they had received reports of a male party armed with a knife in the area of Fallingbrook Drive and Dream Crest Road, east of Creditview at Bristol Road West.

Four schools in the area were temporarily put under hold and secure as a result: Fallingbrook Middle School, Rick Hansen Secondary School, St. Herbert, and Sherwood Mills Public School.

Police reported around 12:30 p.m. that the male was taken into custody without incident.

All hold and secures have since been lifted.