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Police Lockdown Oakville Plaza In Response To Possible Hostage Situation



Monday July 7, 2008
CityNews.ca Staff
A possible hostage situation in Oakville forced the lockdown of a shopping plaza Monday night.
Though details are in short supply, what's known is that heavily armed Halton Police officers from the Tactical Rescue Team swarmed the Old Oakville Plaza at Cornwall and Trafalgar after 9pm.
There's no official word on exactly what happened, but there are unconfirmed reports a jewelry store was robbed and employees may have been tied up.
Tune into Breakfast Television Tuesday at 6am for the latest updates.

Cynikal.Mindset

it wasnt me, I was filming horse races...

xray

I heard it on the radio on the way home from an outing. Crazy ****. They (the reporters) were giving a play by play of the ETFs in action.

BWek

Ya I needed some diamonds and they wouldn't let me take them so i had to tie a few people up i made a break out back got into the civic and they couldn't catch me...

xray

In the report, they were at the time firing tear gas or some sort of stun grenades into the jewlery store. Pretty intense standoff.

Gallagher

pussies

1999blksi

is the standoff still occuring?

viper_2_4

ya, I heard about that...crazy

shlammed

they said that it started at the managers house in burlington

he and his wife were tied up in their house and the thieves were looking for the keys to their car and to the jewellry store

the theives weren't caught last night

k_r_a_c_k_e_r

iTrader: (3)

crazy

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Tuesday July 8, 2008
CityNews.ca Staff
Heavily-armed officers spent hours combing an Oakville plaza looking for at least one suspect involved in a home invasion and apparent jewellery store heist.
Authorities abandoned their search for the bandits at the Old Oakville Market at Trafalgar and Cornwall Roads just before 7am Tuesday following a 12-hour ordeal that included a home invasion, jewellery store robbery and a lockdown.

It all started around 6:45pm Monday when a man stormed a couple's Burlington home and reportedly stole the keys to their business, Knar Jewellery, and the keys to their vehicle.

The two victims managed to free themselves and ran down their street in a panic pleading for someone to call 9-1-1.

Police then spotted the victims' vehicle outside the plaza and began the search for the suspect and possible accomplices, which led authorities to place the mall in lockdown. Some customers were kept inside the shops for up to three hours.

The search ended Tuesday morning and according to some witnesses on scene, there is speculation the bandits may have escaped through ceiling tiles.

Trafalgar and Cornwall Roads, which were closed overnight, reopened Tuesday morning.