A man wandering around with a rifle near a Toronto school was killed by police. The man, according to the Twitter account of the Canadian police , was about 20 years old, wearing a white cap and a long coat.
Two days after the massacre in the Robb Elementary in Uvalde, Texas, the presence of a gunman created panic and all the schools in the area were placed in lockdown until the police intervention, the chief of the forces said. order of the city, James Ramer, without giving any other details.
A spokesperson for the Toronto Police Special Investigation Unit explained that two police officers shot the gunman and killed him .
It is unclear whether the man was holding the weapon when the police fired.
Police chief James Ramer did not provide further details as there is an ongoing investigation .
"There is no threat to public safety," he assured. "Due to the proximity to a school, I understand how traumatic this must have been for staff, students and parents given the recent events in the United States," he added.
(Unioneonline / vl)
