RCMP say responding officers have determined there is no threat and it’s safe for neighbours who were evacuated in Fall River to return to their homes.
Canterbury Lane has reopened.
Just before 10:30 a.m. Sunday, RCMP posted on X that officers were responding to a threat at a residence.
According to the RCMP’s noon update Sunday, officers evacuated the immediate neighbours as a precaution and closed Canterbury Lane.
Police said no one was inside the home and the threat had not been substantiated.
They advised people to avoid the area to allow officers and first responders to do their work.
At 1:10 p.m. on Sunday, the Mounties issued a final update saying there is no threat and those evacuated could return home.
Halifax Regional RCMP Detachment is in the 100 block of Canterbury Ln., #FallRiver, responding to a threat at a residence. There is no one inside the home and the threat has not been substantiated. RCMP officers are evacuating the immediate neighbours as a precaution. pic.twitter.com/Gt8xhvTaGc
— RCMP Nova Scotia (@RCMPNS) May 19, 2024
Update, 12 p.m.
— RCMP Nova Scotia (@RCMPNS) May 19, 2024
Halifax Regional RCMP Detachment remains in the 100 block of Canterbury Ln., #FallRiver, investigating a threat at a residence. There is no one inside the home. Immediate neighbours have been evacuated as a precaution; the threat has not been substantiated.
Final update, 1:10 p.m.
— RCMP Nova Scotia (@RCMPNS) May 19, 2024
Responding officers have determined there is no threat, and it’s safe for the immediate neighbours who were evacuated as a precaution to return to their homes. Canterbury Ln. has reopened.