The Ottawa Police Service says an investigation is continuing into an incident Thursday afternoon involving numerous 911 calls of a person spotted with a firearm in the Stanley Avenue and Keefer Street area in the city’s New Edinburgh neighbourhood. Read MorePolice recived several calls about an armed person in the New Edinburgh neighbourhood on Thursday.
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The Ottawa Police Service says an investigation is continuing into an incident Thursday afternoon involving numerous 911 calls of a person spotted with a firearm in the Stanley Avenue and Keefer Street area in the city’s New Edinburgh neighbourhood.
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The reports began at about 3 p.m., police Friday said on social media.
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“Police flooded the area to search for a suspect, but ultimately no one was located,” police said. Nor were detectives able to confirm that a real firearm had been involved.
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CCTV video was obtained, but provided no clues, police said.
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Anyone with information on Thursday’s incident was asked to contact Ottawa Police Service Central District investigations at CentralCIU@ottawapolice.ca or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or crimestoppers.ca.
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