The Welland Hospital and schools in the area are in lockdown as Niagara police say they're investigating reports of a shooting. There's a heavy police presence on Second Street between Plymouth Road and Lincoln Street in Welland, say police. Residents are asked to shelter in place or avoid the area as of Friday morning "while our officers work to make the area safe," police said in a news release.
An altercation involving students and adults near a school Monday afternoon ended with gunfire, police said. Nobody was injured, but a building at the Sylvester Greenwood Academy in the 800 block of Chanslor Avenue was damaged. In a statement, police said somebody fired at least one shot after the confrontation happened. Police did not say what caused the acrimony. Officers locked down the school and a neighboring Leadership Public School campus while securing the area.
In early 2020, on the eve of lockdown, Phil Neville, then head coach of England, dropped Mary Earps from the squad. For the first time ever, I began to feel something unimaginable; I felt disillusioned with football and unsure what I was doing in life, chasing this dream that was constantly in reach but never fully within my grasp. And then, abruptly, lockdown hit. And the world changed, at either the best possible time for me or the very worst.
Authorities announced the rollback of restrictions at nine California prisons following a surge of violence and drug-related incidents, but 12 prisons remain on lockdown.
