Police respond to hold and secure incident at École Lacombe Junior High School
École Lacombe Junior High School went into hold and secure yesterday following an incident outside of the school.
In a letter to parents, Principal James Matthie wrote an individual, who was not a student at the school, was on school property on Wednesday and was seen banging on the front door while holding a weapon.
Staff at the school called police who quickly responded. In a media release from the Lacombe Police Service, they explained a young male displayed a knife and caused damage to the door. At the same time, there was an altercation involving a group of young males off of school grounds, which continued onto school property.
As a result there were no injuries and one male youth was arrested and charged with possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose, mischief – damage to property, and uttering threats.
