TORONTO—Toronto police shot and killed a man who was walking down a street carrying a gun in a city neighborhood on Thursday afternoon, an incident that prompted five nearby schools to be placed under precautionary lockdowns, city officials said.
Officers responding to a report of an armed man in the area fired after the gunman confronted them, Toronto Police Chief James Ramer said at a media briefing. He declined to give further details, citing an ongoing investigation.
Earlier on Twitter, Toronto police said officers had fired and the suspect, described as a male in his late teens or early 20s, was injured.
The scene where the man was shot by Toronto police is about 130 meters (426 feet) from the William G Davis Junior Public School, which was the last of the five schools to emerge from a lockdown.
All the school lockdowns were lifted after a couple hours, according to the Toronto District School Board.
Toronto police have blocked about 300 meters (985 feet) of roadway near the scene while special investigations officers conduct their probe, according to a Reuters witness.
Ramer said Toronto police do not yet have all the details of the incident.
