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Video shows arrest outside Vancouver school as children leave
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Video shows arrest outside Vancouver school as children leave

A suspect was arrested Friday for allegedly brandishing a knife outside a Vancouver elementary school — as young students were heading home for the day.

Video of the incident shared with CTV News shows the man on the ground, surrounded by police near the entrance to Crosstown Elementary School, as a crowd of children were picked up by their parents.

“At our kid’s school, man. What a bankrupt city,” says the man behind the camera. “This is what we face in our children’s schools.”

The Vancouver Police Department said officers were called to the school shortly before 3 p.m. with reports of a man “waving a knife.”

“Officers arrested the man, who had conditions not to be in possession of knives,” said Const. Tania Visintin said in an email. “He was taken to jail and will face charges.”