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An emergency situation took place at LDSS over the weekend — fortunately, the gunmen and students were actors, the shots fired were blanks and the only fatalities were two plastic dummies. The Essex County OPP, Essex-Windsor EMS, Leamington Fire Department and Greater Essex County District School Board were involved in the mock crisis, which took place at Leamington District Secondary School on the morning of Saturday, May 5. OPP detachments and individuals from across the county attended the exercise for observational purposes. In addition to emergency service personnel, 18 students and four staff members from LDSS participated in the drill. The students asked to take part were members of the drama department, many of whom are cast members of the school’s upcoming production of Rent. “We haven’t been told exactly what’s going to happen, but that’s how it would be in a real emergency,” said participating student Felicia Myronyk. “Something like this would be terrifying, really scary. Hopefully, it never really happens.” Students, who wore cards describing their injuries and symptoms, were told to scream, run and hide once they heard shots fired. The mock gunman, actually an OPP officer, began firing blank rounds near the school’s north end shortly after 9 a.m. Participating Essex County OPP officers entered through the LDSS north entrance moments later, taking down the perpetrator and apprehending him in the hallway.
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OPP officer leads the evaculation of LDSS students to a bus awaiting them at the south entrance.
A surp r i s e element of the exercise, a second gunman, w a s brought to the attention of Leamington firefighters and Essex-Windsor EMS paramedic take out a (SUN Photos) officers wounded Grade 10 student Jordan Slock. only mono concerns with how our entrance by ments before the drill began. officers can respond to this Essex-Windsor The second suspect was also kind of situation.” EMS paramedplayed by an OPP officer. Both ‘suspects’ and nu- ics and treated “They handled it really merous police wore video for ‘wounds’. well,” said Essex County cameras to record and docu- At last, students OPP inspector Rick Derus ment the incident. were escorted of the last-minute announceFollowing the takedown by OPP officers ment that a second gunman and apprehension of suswould be involved. “They pects, ‘injured’ students stepped up to the plate and were carried by stretcher (Continued on handled it properly. I have through the school’s north Page 5
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