2 students arrested after threats made at rural Manitoba high school: RCMP
CBC News | Posted: December 21, 2023 11:01 PM | Last Updated: December 22, 2023
RCMP got call about threats made at Lorette Collegiate just before noon Thursday
Two students were arrested Thursday after threats were made at a rural Manitoba high school, RCMP say.
Police in Niverville and St-Pierre-Jolys were called with a report of threats at Lorette Collegiate just before noon Thursday, RCMP said in an email to CBC.
Two male suspects were arrested without incident, RCMP said. They did not indicate their ages, but did confirm they are students at the high school — part of the Seine River School Division, which has its offices in Lorette, about 25 kilometres southeast of Winnipeg.
RCMP did not provide further details about what the threats entailed and whether the arrests were made inside the school or elsewhere.
Their investigation is ongoing, RCMP said.
A letter sent to parents by school principal Kathryn Murison said after receiving information about a potential threat in "close proximity to the school," a lockdown process was initiated shortly before noon.
That was later shifted to hold and secure measures, the letter said.
Hold and secure measures are used when a potential threat is identified outside the school building, but potentially within the community and near the school, the letter said.
In typical hold and secure situations, outside doors of a school are locked and watched, with students and staff allowed to enter, but people aren't allowed to leave.
The hold and secure was lifted around 1 p.m., when RCMP informed the school there was no immediate threat, the letter to Lorette Collegiate parents said.
Maria Krawec, whose son is in Grade 10 at the school, said she's thankful for the actions the school took.
"I'm relieved that there's no threat," she said.
CBC News has reached out to the school for more information.