By rdnewsNOW staff

building cleared for 5 hours

RCMP explosives team deployed to Red Deer apartment building for ‘unknown device’

Jan 15, 2020 | 8:17 PM

The RCMP deployed its explosives disposal unit to a Red Deer apartment building at about 3:30 p.m. Wednesday afternoon following the discovery of a gun and what police referred to as an “unknown device.”

In a release, RCMP say officers responded to a building at 58 Street and 58 Avenue after someone reported finding a gun. The officers discovered the additional device upon responding to the call.

“The device was examined and determined not be an explosive,” police said in a follow-up release.

Police left the scene at about 8:30 p.m. and residents were allowed back into the apartment building.