Student arrested after alleged weapons threat
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The Brandon Police Service arrested a student on Monday after an alleged weapons threat at École secondaire Neelin High School.
The Brandon School Division placed six schools in the area under a hold and secure as a precaution, BPS said in a news release.
Police responded to the threat at 12:51 p.m. and arrested the suspect about 28 minutes later at a residence several blocks from the school without incident, the release said.
École Secondaire Neelin High School on Monday afternoon. (Tim Smith/The Brandon Sun)
Hold and secure measures were lifted once it was determined there was no ongoing threat to students, staff or the public.
Police said the matter is under investigation, and there is no ongoing threat.
The Brandon School Division said along with Neelin, hold and secures were implemented at Meadows, George Fitton, École Harrison, Betty Gibson and Earl Oxford schools.
The division notified parents and guardians about the incident in a letter emailed during the afternoon.
Interviewed later in the day, division Supt. Mathew Gustafson said students told school staff of “the potential for another student to have access to weapons.”
Staff then reported that information to police.
“But out of an abundance of caution, we place schools in that geographic area into a hold and secure,” Gustafson said.
Gustafson said it’s his understanding that the suspect was a Neelin student.
He added that there were no reports of injuries.
A hold and secure, during which a school operates normally but with no one able to enter or leave, doesn’t necessarily mean there’s an immediate threat, Gustafson said.
Instead, it’s a response used when there’s a potential threat in the community.
The hold and secures at the schools were lifted at around 1:19 p.m., he said.
Gustafson said the division is thankful for BPS’s response.
Monday’s threat comes after a sword attack at Neelin in June 2025, which seriously injured one student.
Police were able to respond and find the suspect in that instance within seven minutes.
The accused in that incident, also a student, faces three counts of attempted murder.
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