Police investigating break and enter and fire to school

Police are requesting public assistance amid an investigation into a recent break and enter.

Thunder Bay Police Service officers with the Primary Response Branch were originally dispatched to the Our Lady of Charity School at 370 County Boulevard just before 3:45 a.m. on Friday, July 7 following reports that an alarm had been triggered.

When officers arrived, they located evidence of forced entry. It is believed suspects entered the school shortly after 3 a.m. that morning.

While clearing the building, officers discovered a fire in a room and worked to extinguish it. Firefighters with Thunder Bay Fire Rescue were also dispatched to the school.

Members of the Thunder Bay Police Service’s Break and Enter and Robbery (BEAR) Unit have become involved in the ongoing investigation.

No suspect descriptors are available at this time.

If you have any information that could assist investigators, please call the Thunder Bay Police Service at (807) 684-1200 and cite incident number TB23027446.

If you have home or business surveillance cameras in this area that may have captured something in the early morning hours of Friday, July 7 that you believe could be helpful, please contact police through the non-emergency phone number above.

You can submit tips anonymously through Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477, online at www.p3tips.com.