Around 9:40 a.m., police said they received a call from Saint-Jean-Sur-Richelieu College (CEGEP) on Avenue Du Seminaire about a man behaving “suspiciously.” 
Students at Saint-Jean-Sur-Richelieu College (CEGEP) are on lockdown on November 11, 2022. (Marie-Pier Boucher/Info Noovo)
It is not yet clear what the behavior was or if the man was connected to the college.  He was arrested around 10 am
A woman under the age of 18 was also arrested at that time.  It is unknown if she was inside the school at any point.
There were no reports of injuries or any type of weapons or explosives, said St-Jean-sur-Richelieu police spokesman Sgt.  Jérémie Lévesque told reporters.  A pregnant woman was taken to hospital as a precaution, he said.
The lockdown was lifted early Friday afternoon as students were escorted out of the building.  Classes were canceled for the rest of the day.
Woman arrested at CEGEP Saint-Jean-Sur-Richelieu (image: Laurence Bilodeau, student)

A video of the arrests shows the man dressed in a white long-sleeved shirt, dark cargo pants and what police confirmed was a bulletproof vest. He is seen kneeling in front of the officers with his hands behind his head. The video also shows the woman, wearing a black shirt, gray jacket and green cargo pants, also on her knees. A policeman pulls her hands behind her back, presumably to handcuff her. A third person was stopped by police but has since been let go after officers determined he was not connected to the incident. Two youths, a man and a woman, were arrested at CEGEP Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, south of Montreal (images: Noovo Info / Laurence Bilodeau)

“I TOLD MY MOM I LOVE HER”

The school sent out notices to students and staff Friday morning to stay inside their classrooms and barricade themselves, causing panic among some students who were left in the dark about what was happening.
One student told CTV News she was locked in her classroom with about 30 other students for more than three hours, and while on lockdown she exchanged text messages — some of them emotional — with her mother.
“I really thought I could die, honestly,” Marie-Pier Pelletier said after being kicked out of the school.
“I told my mom I loved her because I didn’t know what was going to happen.”
“He told me to calm down and breathe and that everything will be fine. I know he’s stressed too. But he tried to comfort me and it worked.”
After she was allowed to leave the school she said she planned to go home and give her mother a hug.
Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu police have set up a security perimeter around the college and said the public, including students and parents, is being asked to stay away from the site.
Students barricaded themselves inside CEGEP Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu (Source: Laurence Bilodeau, student Cégep de Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu / Noovo Info)

THE STUDENTS WENT TO THEIR CLASSES

Annie Metivier, an interior design technician at the college, said she and four others — a colleague and three students — barricaded themselves in their classroom.
“I’m still locked in and we don’t know anything … We’re monitoring the information on social media and from our friends outside,” Metivier said in a Facebook Messenger exchange with The Canadian Press.
“There are five of us in my office right now and we turned off the lights because that’s what we were instructed to do.”
Police spokeswoman Const.  Barbara-Ann Dion said officers searched the campus room by room.
Metivier said she wanted the police operation over with.
“We’re fine yeah … stressed but it’s okay. We just can’t wait for this to be over,” she said.  “I saw the police with their guns next to my desk because I had to go back and lock a door that a teacher next to my desk had unlocked. They said ‘hurry, hurry and lock yourself in’… seeing the police with their guns ready to shoot … it increases stress.”
Vanessa Nadeau, 17, was on her way to school for a 10 a.m. class when the lockdown took place.  Speaking to CTV News about college, she said she’s been texting her friends stuck in to make sure she’s okay.
“We want to wait [here] because we want to make sure they’re OK,” he said.
Officers were still at the scene as the investigation continued Friday afternoon.
With files from CTV Montreal’s Kelly Greig and The Canadian Press