Student hears gunfire at northwest Edmonton trades school

Police blocked access to the Alberta Pipe Trades College and UA Local 488 property near Yellowhead Trail and 170 Street NW. A student said she heard five to six shots and saw a person with chest wounds; police and the school had not confirmed a shooting.

CTV News Edmonton has reported:

Police responded to an incident near a trades post-secondary school in northwest Edmonton on [date not specified]. At 9 a.m., officers were blocking the entrance to Alberta Pipe Trades College and Plumbers and Pipefitters UA Local Union No. 488, near Yellowhead Trail and 170 Street NW. Several other police units were at the property.

A student told CTV News Edmonton she was on the school’s third floor when she heard five to six gunshots from the parking lot below at about 8:30 a.m. She said she saw one person with gunshot wounds to the chest. The student said the school was locked down for about an hour.

Police and the school had not confirmed that a shooting occurred. CTV News Edmonton said it had requested information from officials and described the report as a breaking news story, with more updates to come.