Hamilton police have arrested a 14-year-old girl after a shooting threat was spotted at St. Jean de Brebeuf Catholic Secondary School this week. Police said many of the messages threatened a shooting on Friday, prompting at least one school — Westdale Secondary School — to announce it will close Friday as a "precaution." The schools are:Hillcrest Elementary SchoolSt. Jean de Brébeuf Catholic Secondary SchoolWestdale Secondary SchoolBishop Tonnos Catholic Secondary SchoolBishop Ryan Catholic Secondary SchoolSt. Thomas More Catholic Secondary SchoolSt. John Henry Newman Catholic Secondary SchoolSir Winston Churchill Secondary SchoolCootes Paradise Elementary SchoolBishop Ryan Catholic Secondary SchoolFriday is a scheduled professional development day (P.A. day) at both the public and Catholic elementary schools, but not high schools. Sergio Cacoilo, the local Ontario English Catholic Teachers' Association president for Hamilton secondary schools, said staff are "very concerned."

Source: CBC News June 03, 2022 18:40 UTC