A man with a knife on campus led GPRC to a brief lockdown on Wednesday morning (Photo: EverythingGP staff)

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One man in custody after knife incident at Grande Prairie Regional College

Feb 5, 2020 | 2:20 PM

Grande Prairie Regional College went into a brief lockdown Wednesday morning due to a male on school grounds wielding a knife.

Grande Prairie RCMP received reports of the suspect just after 10 a.m. and quickly attended the scene

“Obviously, great concern when somebody has a knife out in a school environment, or any public place,” says Corporal Candace Hrdlicka. “So members responded immediately, and did place the college into a lockdown until the male could be located. He was located off the college property, outside of the school, and was taken into custody.”

Hrdlicka says it’s not known at this time whether the suspect used the knife to threaten anyone, the details of his identity, or if he’s known to police.

No one was injured during the incident.

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The school lifted the lockdown at around 10:50 a.m., after the suspect was arrested, and the college returned to normal operations.