A 19-year-old man wearing a bulletproof vest and a girl under the age of 18 were arrested Friday after a junior college south of Montreal was ordered to lock down.
There were no reports of injuries or gunfire, Sgt. Jérémie Levesque with the police of St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Que., told reporters. He said police were conducting a controlled evacuation of the college, located about 40 kilometres south of Montreal.
Levesque said police arrested a man wearing a “bulletproof vest” but would not confirm whether the suspect was enrolled at the college.
Police received a call around 9:40 a.m. about a man acting suspiciously on campus. They arrived at the college and arrested a 19-year-old man and a girl Levesque described as a “minor.” Levesque said it was the man’s clothing that was particularly alarming. Videos circulating online showed that the arrests occured outside the college in what looked like a parking lot….