Uptown-area schools in lockdown as Saint John police look for 3 armed men

CBC News

· Posted: May 13, 2025 12:04 PM EDT | Last Updated: 8 minutes ago

An exigency alert has been issued for uptown Saint John arsenic constabulary hunt for 3 equipped individuals aft a shooting.

The alert issued astatine 12:40 p.m. said constabulary person been looking for 3 individuals connected King Street East carrying a firearm. Residents are advised to fastener their doors and stay inside, it said. 

Police said the trio consisted of a achromatic antheral successful acheronian clothing, a Black antheral in a airy bluish hoodie and dark pants, and a achromatic antheral perchance wearing a acheronian overgarment and with brown hair. The informing did not accidental if conscionable 1 oregon each 3 men were believed to beryllium armed. 

An earlier announcement from Saint John constabulary astatine 11 a.m. said that determination was a shooting successful the King's Square country and that adjacent schools were successful lockdown. 

CBC News has sent respective requests for much details to a Saint John Police Force spokesperson but hasn't had a response.

Any details of the shooting are chartless astatine this time, including whether anyone has been injured.  

The metropolis besides issued a announcement connected societal media that the metropolis hallway bureau had closed until it was harmless to reopen.