{"id":394036,"date":"2026-01-07T14:20:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T14:20:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/394036\/"},"modified":"2026-01-07T14:20:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T14:20:12","slug":"possible-gunman-prompts-shelter-in-place-in-kirkland-lake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/394036\/","title":{"rendered":"Possible gunman prompts shelter in place in Kirkland Lake"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;We recognize the significant emotional impact that receiving a shelter-in-place can cause&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Kirkland Lake OPP\u00a0are responding to an incident involving a possibly armed individual in a contained location in the area of Prospect Avenue and Government Road in Kirkland Lake this afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>Residents in the immediate area are urged to shelter-in-place and adhere to the following safety precautions:<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\tIf you are outside, seek shelter immediately in a secure location&#13;<br \/>\n\tIf you are inside, remain there and lock all doors and windows&#13;<br \/>\n\tClose curtains or blinds to avoid drawing attention&#13;<br \/>\n\tFollow all instructions from officers on scene&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Individuals not currently in the affected area are requested to avoid travelling there until further notice. An increased police presence can be expected while officers continue their response and investigation.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We recognize the significant emotional impact that receiving a shelter-in-place can cause,&#8221; says a release.\u00a0&#8220;The OPP is taking every precaution necessary to resolve this situation and maintain public safety.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Further information will be released as it becomes available.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#8216;We recognize the significant emotional impact that receiving a shelter-in-place can cause&#8217; Kirkland Lake OPP\u00a0are responding to an&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":394037,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,41,39,42,40],"class_list":["post-394036","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/394036","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=394036"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/394036\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/394037"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=394036"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=394036"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=394036"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}