False report of gunshots at middle school in Kelowna
Prompt shelter-in-place
Staff called students back inside the building at Springvalley Middle School as they began to leave at the end of the school day on Oct. 18 after a report of gunshots.
A shelter-in-place procedure was called around 3 p.m., prompting the return of some students indoors that had already boarded buses, as well as parents that had already arrived to pick up their child for 3:15 dismissal.
It was lifted approximately 17 minutes later when the RCMP was able to confirm that the report was false.
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Central Okanagan Regional District City of Kelowna RCMP Schools
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