{"id":919181,"date":"2026-10-03T15:02:53","date_gmt":"2026-10-03T15:02:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/919181\/"},"modified":"2026-10-03T15:02:53","modified_gmt":"2026-10-03T15:02:53","slug":"imitation-firearm-briefly-places-edmonton-school-on-lockdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/919181\/","title":{"rendered":"Imitation firearm briefly places Edmonton school on lockdown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Edmonton police say an imitation firearm forced Ross Sheppard School to be put on lockdown on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>EPS says around 12:30 p.m., officers responded to the school after receiving a report regarding a possible weapon.<\/p>\n<p>While investigating the matter, police were able to find an imitation firearm.<\/p>\n<p>No injuries were reported, and police note that no arrests have been made.<\/p>\n<p>The lockdown at the school has since been lifted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cImitation guns can appear very real, and people, including police, can\u2019t tell the difference. The EPS continues to remind the public of our campaign:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.edmontonpolice.ca%2FResources%2FCampaigns%2FFakeGunRealDanger&amp;data=05%7C02%7CCole.Fortner1%40rci.rogers.com%7Ce4364be6065748f05cdc08df20c86f48%7C0ab4cbbf4bc74826b52ca14fed5286b9%7C0%7C0%7C639265717352825517%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=knOMqbamVZWMPA0%2FAusM%2Fc%2BCJcyY9TM74X54ckEbRSw%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Fake Gun, Real Danger<\/a>,\u201d said EPS in a statement to CityNews.<\/p>\n<p>\t\tKeep it Factual<\/p>\n<p>Add CityNews Edmonton as a trusted source on Google to see more local stories from us.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=edmonton.citynews.ca\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"add-trusted-source-badge\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1791039773_99_google-trusted-badge.png\" alt=\"Add as a preferred source on Google\" width=\"198\" height=\"63\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Edmonton police say an imitation firearm forced Ross Sheppard School to be put on lockdown on Friday. EPS&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":919182,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194294],"tags":[49,48,23752],"class_list":["post-919181","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-edmonton","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-edmonton"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/919181","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=919181"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/919181\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/919182"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=919181"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=919181"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=919181"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}