Toronto University buildings on lockdown amid reports of masked man

A number of university buildings in downtown Toronto are closed amid reports of a man dressed in all black with a backpack and mask.

Toronto Police Chief Mark Saunders says they received a call about the man and later reports that he might have a gun.

Saunders says he’s seen a photo of the male that someone took but he didn’t see a gun and they haven’t found anything. He says it looks like the man was wearing a surgical kind of mask.

He says police are working to clear some of the buildings at the University of Toronto.

“It’s clear to say that we live in a different time right now,” Saunders says when asked if the public should be proactive in reporting suspicious activity following the nightclub shooting in Orlando.

— AP

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