Edmonton police responded to reports of a youth armed with a gun at the Edmonton Young Offender Centre on Sunday.
Police were negotiating with the armed youth, a Edmonton Police Service spokesperson said in a brief email to media on Sunday just after 5 p.m. MT.
Staff at the facility called police around around 3:46 p.m. Sunday.
The young offender centre is located in northwest Edmonton, across from the adult remand centre. As of May, there were 18 young people imprisoned at the centre.
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