Overview

• Officers were dispatched to Central Way in Speke at about 2:45pm on Tuesday, September 30, following a report of a man seen with an axe.
• Police confirmed several nearby schools went into precautionary lockdown based on the initial report.
• An update on Wednesday stated the informant had not witnessed the incident and was relaying third-hand information from an unknown source.
• No one was located during patrol searches, no further sightings were reported, and police said there is no suggestion of any criminal offences.
• Schools have reopened and reassurance was given, though a staff member at Middlefield Community Primary disputed that a lockdown occurred.