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Scarborough schools end lockdown after police find 1 replica firearm, detain 2 people

Several Scarborough schools were locked down Thursday afternoon after a person with a gun was reported seen at David and Mary Thomson Collegiate Institute, said police.

Police still searching David and Mary Thomson Collegiate Institute

A police officer is seen inside a high school.
A Toronto police officer is shown here inside David and Mary Thomson Collegiate Institute after reports of a person with a gun at the Scarborough high school on Thursday. (Chris Helgren/Reuters)

Several Scarborough schools were locked down Thursday afternoon after reports of a person with a gunat David and Mary Thomson Collegiate Institute, Torontopolice say.

The sighting was reported at 1 p.m., prompting a lockdown at the school, which is located at125 Brockley Dr., near Lawrence Avenue East and Midland Avenue, police said in a news conference Thursday.

Police said they found one replica firearm and detained two people. They say they are still searching for two other peopleand slowly releasing classes. No injuries were reported.

One other school was locked down and two others were in a hold and secure. All have now been lifted.

David and Mary Thomson Collegiate was also locked down earlier this year after astudent was killed inside the school.

Students are seen outside the school.
A teacher guides a student out of David and Mary Thomson Collegiate Institute after reports of a person with a gun Thursday at the Scarborough high school. (Chris Helgren/Reuters)