Niagara police are advising residents in an area of Port Colborne, Ont., to shelter in place.

They've received information about a "possible weapons incident" — east of the Welland Canal and south of Durham Street, police said in a news release Wednesday morning.

"At this time, police are asking residents in the area to remain inside and lock their doors until the suspect has been apprehended," say police.

A number of schools in a "hold and secure," police say. They are, Dewitt Carter Public School, Lakeshore Catholic High School, Elementary School Catholic Saint-Joseph, and St. Therese Catholic Elementary School.

A hold and secure occurs when there's a threat in the general vicinity of a school, but not on, or very close to school property.

Parents in the area should drive their ch

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