Police swarm Perth’s north, however discover no smoking gun

Police have referred to as for calm after a sweeping patrol of Perth’s northern suburbs failed to search out the supply of a collection of bangs that have been initially believed to be gunshots.

Officers descended on Clarkson twice on Wednesday, locking down a main faculty and advising residents to stay indoors amid two separate experiences of three loud bangs.

However in a press convention that afternoon, police stated their intensive investigation had discovered no proof of a firearm being discharged and believed the noise could have been a automotive backfiring.

Joondalup Police will proceed to patrol the realm all through the afternoon as a security precaution, however assured the general public there was no trigger for alarm.

Police had searched the realm after experiences of three loud bangs simply earlier than noon, putting Clarkson Main College in lockdown, talking to witnesses and checking CCTV earlier than concluding there was no risk to the general public and reopening the varsity at 1.15pm.

Nonetheless, the probe was revived about 2.40pm on the again of extra experiences of gunshots within the Clarkson space, putting the varsity again in lockdown.

Invoice, who didn’t give his final title and whose spouse is known to work on the faculty, informed 6PR’s Oliver Peterson kids have been underneath the desks and had turned the lights off as police swept the varsity.

He stated his spouse had reported listening to 9 gunshot sounds.

“The youngsters are nonetheless underneath the desks, the lights are off, and so they’re all fairly scared,” Invoice informed 6PR.