Peel Regional Police responded to a dangerous weapons call at a University of Toronto Mississauga residence Monday night, and the school has lifted its campus shelter-in-place order everywhere except that building. The situation is contained to a single unit, and no physical injuries have been reported.
Police got a call at 9:11 p.m., according to a report. The university then told students to shelter in place because of an “active threat” and to secure their doors. Posting on X, it cited police activity at McLuhan Court residence, 3330 Residence Road, and said emergency responders were on scene. A large police presence gathered near Mississauga Road.
Peel police later said the incident was limited to one unit. They evacuated the immediate area late Monday and asked the public to stay away, and on social media they described the matter as a dangerous weapons call, according to a report. They have shared no further details. Paramedics waited at a staging area nearby and treated no one, a spokesperson said.
Peel police have not publicly said whether shots were fired. The student newspaper’s headline said a shooting was reported in a single unit, and a local outlet reported shots fired. Another report said the campus status map had police confirming gunfire nearby by about 11 p.m.
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McLuhan Court is the University’s residence for first-year students.
The order still stood at 12:30 a.m. Tuesday. The school then announced in an alert early Tuesday that it had partially lifted the order, and the lockdown remains in effect for McLuhan Court. The university had said it would send alerts every 30 minutes until police deemed the area safe.
There is no word yet on a suspect, a motive, or when the residence lockdown would end as of this writing.
