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Update: No firearm found that prompted school lockdown, suspect identified
November 10, 2025
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Kamloops, British Columbia
From: Kamloops RCMP
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File: 2025-37145 Update 2
Kamloops RCMP Detachment have concluded that the 911 call that initiated a North Shore school to be locked down was not credible.
On November 6, 2025, just before 2:00 p.m. police received a report of a person in a school with a gun, which prompted a lockdown of Norkam Secondary School.
As the investigation unfolded, police were able to determine the source of the 911 call came from inside Norkam Secondary. Further investigation has revealed that a phone left unattended was used by a student in the school to make a prank call to police saying that there was a person in the school with a gun. The student associated to the phone was detained briefly as part of the investigation.
“In order to maintain the safety of the students a lockdown was initiated until investigators could assess the legitimacy of the report of a firearm in the school,” said Superintendent Jeff Pelley, Officer in Charge of the Kamloops RCMP Detachment. “Once the initial assessment determined there was no longer an immediate threat, the lockdown was released. Our General Investigation Support Team has been working on this file since the onset and through this investigation have been able to determine that this was not a credible threat to the school and a suspect has now been identified.”
The Kamloops RCMP Detachment worked closely with School District 73 and take all school threats seriously. Please see the link from School District 73 for their statement.
The Kamloops RCMP Detachment would like to thank the students, staff and parents of Norkam Secondary School for their patience and understanding.
Please see the links to the previous related media releases:
North Shore schools put on lockdown, now released | Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Update: North Shore schools lock down and social media reports | Royal Canadian Mounted Police