UPDATE: North Lethbridge school secured due to high-risk police incident, public asked to avoid area

UPDATE: The Lethbridge Public School Division officials say they secured the perimeter of Immanuel Christian Elementary School because of a high-risk police incident Monday. 

According to a statement from LPSD, ICES initiated a perimeter secure at 12:35 p.m. and lifted it 12:58 p.m.

According to officials while the perimeter secure was in place, all outside doors to the school were locked and students were not allowed to go outside the building.

A statement from LPSD reads, “We take every precaution to ensure the safety of our students and staff, and in this case, the perimeter secure was initiated out of an abundance of caution.”

Staff and students are said to have gone through the afternoon as normal.

According to Lethbridge Police Service officials, officers are still on scene and community members are still asked to avoid the area. 

Police are asking the community to stay away from part of 5th Avenue North, as officers are on the scene of a high-risk incident.

According to Lethbridge Police, the area they are people to avoid is the 2100 block of 5th Avenue North.