Toronto's Spadina Avenue reopened to traffic late Tuesday night after a major police operation led officers to cordon off a block of the main roadway in the city's downtown core.
Police have released few details, but say officers responded just before 7 p.m. ET. after reports of a person with a gun.
The area wasn't evacuated, but police asked members of the public to avoid the area for several hours and officers blocked off a section of Spadina Avenue, between Baldwin and Nassau streets, until around 10:30 p.m. ET.
Witnesses reported seeing about six police cruisers and dozens of officers in the area, including a few police officers on nearby rooftops.
CBC reporters on the scene say as many as seven people were brought out of a building in handcuffs by police and all appeared to be in their 20s or 30s, but no further details were available.
Witness Krista Hessey described the scene as chaotic.
"Basically I saw a few scrambling police officers, them taping up the roads, emptying out the streetcars, and basically locking down and securing the area," she said.
Police used a nearby resident's balcony to search for suspects. (CBC)
"There was a lot of confusion from pedestrians. A lot of people were wondering what was going on."
Sara Taylor, who lives nearby, said it's hard not to get nervous when such an incident occurs so close to home.
"[I'm] totally afraid," she said. "I mean, it's confusing."
Resident Stephane Monette said he went outside to investigate the commotion, but a police officer ordered him back inside.
Police haven't released any information about the incident.
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