Affected schools included Our Lady of Grace Catholic School, 121 Brimwood Blvd., and Brimwood Boulevard Junior Public School at 151 Brimwood Blvd. Albert Campbell Collegiate Institute at 1550 Sandhurst Cir. also taken into custody and safe.
According to Toronto police, the person in question was “confined to a home.”
In a tweet posted at 10:38 a.m. on Thursday, Toronto police said a man was “safely taken into custody” after speaking with an Emergency Response Team crisis communicator.
Toronto paramedics and the fire department also attended the scene, which was west of McCowan Street between Finch and McNicoll avenues.
Roads in that immediate area were temporarily closed but have since reopened.