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Lethbridge Police attended LCI this morning

17-year-old arrested in connection with LCI lockdown

Dec 13, 2019 | 4:02 PM

LETHBRIDGE, AB – Lethbridge Police say a 17-year old has been arrested in connection with a brief lockdown at Lethbridge Collegiate Institute this morning (Dec. 13) around 10:00 a.m.

According to police, a threat was made towards a group of students at the school. Staff were told and then called police to request they attend.

Police found the threat had allegedly been made by a 17-year-old who was not a student at the school. Staff locked the perimeter doors while the investigation was underway.

The teen in question was located a short time later by school resource officers at his place of work in the north end of city.