Students and staff inside Quebec junior college ordered by police to shelter in place

SAINT-JEAN-SUR-RICHELIEU, Que. — A junior college south of Montreal is under lockdown as local police carry out an operation.

Cégep Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu is ordering students and staff to barricade themselves into closed rooms and to keep the lights off.

The college says the orders came at the request of the police force in the city of St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, located about 40 kilometres south of Montreal.

Police have established a security perimeter around the college, and access to the school is prohibited.