Charges pending after SWAT team clears buildings at SAIT; suspect found with gun-shaped lighter
Posted Feb 10, 2016 3:27 pm.
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Calgary police say charges are pending after an incident on the SAIT campus Wednesday afternoon.
Around 12:00 p.m., students were forced outside of at least two buildings as officers moved in.
Police say a man had made threats against a school employee in the Heritage Hall building.
Early reports say that he may have had a weapon.
That’s when officers moved in, but gave the all-clear shortly after. The campus was not locked down.
Police say that a suspect was located at a home in Sandstone and was taken into custody without incident. He was found with a lighter shaped like a gun.
Officers continue to investigate and say charges are pending.
Anyone with information on this incident, who has not already spoken to police, is asked to contact the Calgary Police Service non-emergency line at 403-266-1234 or Crime Stoppers anonymously using any of the following methods:
TALK: 1-800-222-8477
TYPE: www.calgarycrimestoppers.org
TEXT: tttTIPS to 274637
Case# 16060957
