One student was taken for medical care and another in custody after police pepper sprayed students to break up a fight.
A local student is in custody and another receiving medical care after pepper spray was used by Toronto Police to stop a fight at Lakeshore Collegiate Institute.
Police said the altercation occurred shortly before 9:30 a.m. on October 30 at the Kipling Avenue and Birmingham Street high school.
“Students were affected by pepper spray used during the altercation,” police said in a report.
Police were called October 30 to Lakeshore Collegiate Institute after a fight broke out.
At least four students were involved in the melee and only minor injuries were reported.
One student was taken to hospital in stable condition and another taken away by police.
It is not known if charges will be laid.
Officers were on scene along with firefighters and paramedics.
One student was taken into custody by police and another pepper sprayed.
Students at the 350 Kipling Ave., school were forced to evacuate in March 2023 to nearby Toronto Police College following a threat that was made.
And the school was placed in lockdown in December 2022 after a person with a knife was reportedly involved in a fight with another person. A parent was charged by police for having a dangerous weapon.
Lakeshore Collegiate was built in 1951 and has 635 students between Grades 9 to 12.
The school’s sports team has won a number of championships and its’ notable students include Adam Copeland, a former WWE wrestler known as Edge, former WWE diva Trish Stratus and former NHL player Manny Fernandez.