Officers have determined that the incident involved a threat and the discovery of a replica firearm. The circumstances surrounding the incident remain under investigation, and police are continuing to gather information.

Hamilton Police are assuring the community that all students remained safe throughout the day as officers maintained a presence at both schools to ensure their safety.

The use of weapons, even replicas, in our community is unacceptable. Police are asking anyone with information to come forward and report it to investigators, parents, or school staff.

If you have any information that could assist police, please contact 905-546-3851. To provide information anonymously, call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or submit tips online at www.crimestoppershamilton.com.

We appreciate your attention to this matter and thank you for your continued support in keeping our community safe.

On Friday, October 21, 2022, shortly before 10:00 a.m., Hamilton Police entered into an investigation after receiving reports that a student at Westdale Secondary School received threats involving a firearm.

Westdale Secondary School and schools in the area went into hold and secure until 12:00 p.m., at which point police brought the incident to a safe resolution.

Hamilton Police have arrested a 17-year-old male and currently the investigation is ongoing and charges are pending. Police continue to work on confirming the existence of a firearm.

Hamilton Police recognize the importance of school safety and how a threat of this nature can be difficult for students, staff and their families. Police take incidents like these extremely seriously and will continue to work closely with the school boards to help identify the individuals responsible and lay the appropriate criminal charges where a suspect(s) is identified. 

Hamilton Police continue to investigate. If you have any information you believe could assist police with any of these investigations, please call (905) 546-4925. 

To provide information anonymously call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or submit your anonymous tips online at http://www.crimestoppershamilton.com

A 14-year-old female has been arrested after a threat at St. Jean de Brebeuf. She was charged with Mischief and released on an undertaking. Police expect to make more arrests in the coming days. 

Hamilton Police recognize the importance of school safety and how a threat of this nature can be difficult for students, staff and their families. Police take incidents like these extremely seriously and will continue to work closely with the school boards to help identify the individuals responsible and lay the appropriate criminal charges where a suspect(s) is identified. 

Hamilton Police continue to investigate. If you have any information you believe could assist police with any of these investigations, please call (905) 546-4925. 

To provide information anonymously call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or submit your anonymous tips online at http://www.crimestoppershamilton.com

On Sunday, November 29, 2020, shortly after 9:30 p.m., Hamilton Police responded to the area of Barton Street East and Kenilworth Avenue North, for reports of a person with a weapon. Once on scene, officers located the victim, a male in his late 20’s. He advised that he was inside a local business when a male verbally accosted him. The male made several derogatory statements to the victim referencing sexual orientation. The situation escalated resulting in the male chasing the victim outside of the business with a knife while threatening his life.

As officers interviewed the victim, the suspect was located and arrested without incident. During the search of the suspect police discovered he was in possession of brass knuckles, an undisclosed amount of Fentanyl, pieces of identification that were not in his name and the knife believed to have been used in the incident.

The suspect was taken into police custody and his matter was addressed at the John Sopinka Courthouse on Monday, November 30, 2020, where he faced several criminal charges.

The victim was not physically harmed.

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SEIZED

• Knife
• Brass knuckles
• Identification
• Undisclosed amount of Fentanyl
• Identification not related charged party

CHARGED

• Aaron Kerr, 31-years-of-age from Hamilton

CHARGES

• Assault with a weapon
• Utter threats
• Possession of a prohibited weapon
• Possession of a weapon contrary to an order
• Possession of a controlled substance – Fentanyl
• Identity theft – Document

If you have any information that you believe could assist Police with the investigation into this crime you are asked to contact Detective Sergeant Ben Thibodeau by calling 905-546-2907.

To provide information anonymously call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or submit your anonymous tips online at http://www.crimestoppershamilton.com

Calls were made to the school two days in a row threatening staff and students. Hamilton Police searched the school and did not find anything to validate either threat.

Hamilton Police are confident the calls originated from the same source and were placed from outside the country to cause panic. There is no ongoing threat to the school community in relation to these calls.

Hamilton Police recognize the importance of school safety and how a threat of this nature can be difficult for students, staff and their families. Police take incidents like these extremely seriously and will continue to work closely with our law enforcement partners to identify the individual responsible and lay the appropriate criminal charges. We appreciate the patience and support of the Bishop Ryan community as we worked to clear the school.

If you have any information you believe could assist Police with the investigation, please call (905) 546-3851.

To provide information anonymously call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or submit your anonymous tips online at http://www.crimestoppershamilton.com