Suspect arrested after Dartmouth High weapons complaint

Halifax Regional Police have a 15-year-oldsuspect in custody and say no one was injuredafter a weapons complaint Wednesday at Dartmouth High School.

Police said an imitation handgun was recovered from the scene and charges are expected.

Victoria Road has reopened.

A lockdown began at the school shortly before classes were scheduled to be dismissed for the day at 3:05 p.m., meaning students had to stay in their classrooms with the doors locked and lights off.

The lockdownwas lifted at 5:25 p.m., the Halifax Regional Centre for Education tweeted.

Parents gathered at the gymnasium at the nearbyZatzmanSportsplexto wait for their children, the facility confirmed to CBC News.

Aislin Philips MacKenzie, a Grade 10 student at Dartmouth High, said the three hours of lockdown were"a little scary."

"A lot of people were cracking jokes to try and lighten up the mood. It was a really difficult experience, I have to say, but we made it through," PhilipsMacKenzie said.