Wikwemikong Tribal Police Service (WTPS) and Manitoulin OPP reported on social media that the armed and dangerous person involved in the shelter in place in Wiikwemkoong First Nation is in custody.
“There is no further risk to public safety,” the Facebook post says. “The shelter in place has been lifted.”
A Public Safety Alert was issued province-wide on Tuesday. OPP asked residents of Wikwemikong to report any suspicious people to police.
Schools in the area remained closed on Wednesday “out of an abundance of caution.”
Police were searching the area for a 39-year-old suspect but did not disclose the nature of the circumstances that prompted the shelter-in-place order.
EDITOR'S NOTE: We received the following message from Wikwemikong Tribal Police Service and removed the name of the accused at its request.
"In order to protect the identity of the victim, WTPS urge the media to no longer utilize the name that was released initially through the Alert Ready system, a name was released due to public safety concerns."