Update (9:45 p.m.): Barrie police said the incident remains ongoing and there are no updates.
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ORIGINAL STORY
There is a heavy police presence tonight near Mapleview Drive East and Yonge Street for a "person in crisis."
Barrie police, including tactical officers, appeared to be focused on area around St. Paul's Anglican Church, near the GO train tracks.
A BarrieToday reporter at the scene says roads are blocked off the area around the scene.
"We have a situation where there is a person in crisis and we are working to resolve it with the required and necessary resources being utilized," Barrie police communications co-ordinator Peter Leon told BarrieToday around 7:40 p.m.
"The area is safely contained," he added.
No other details have been released about the situation or what led to it.
BarrieToday will have more information as it becomes available.
