Chilling moment masked ‘gunman’ stalks primary school sparking mass shooting fears – with teachers & kids in lockdown

CHILLING footage shows the infinitesimal a masked "gunman" sparked fears of a wide shooting arsenic helium walked by a superior school.

Ryan Brick, 30, was captured connected dashcam walking successful the absorption of a schoolhouse wearing a achromatic look covering and carrying 2 imitation firearms successful North Wales.

A motorist was driving done Connah's Quay erstwhile the disturbing "armed" fig of Brick came into view.

Brick was walking his canine on York Road during the terrifying incident, which happened successful October 2022.

It sparked a fig of calls to the police by acrophobic members of the public, amid fears determination could beryllium a wide shooting astatine the school.

North Wales Police cordoned disconnected streets successful the country arsenic equipped officers were called successful and Brick was yet arrested.

On Tuesday, Mold Crown Court heard however Brick wore the disguise and carried the imitation guns to support radical distant from his dog.

His favored had attacked different canine earlier and Brick was said to person wanted to look "intimidating".

During the hearing, Myles Wilson, acting for the 30-year-old, said it was an "odd case".

The tribunal heard however Brick had nary grudge against anybody and didn't endanger anyone, but "for immoderate crushed has tried to marque himself look arsenic intimidating arsenic possible".

Mr Wilson added:"Why helium did that is simply a mystery.

"It is astir the benignant of happening a kid would do."

He said it was much frightening fixed that helium was a grown man.

Summing up the lawsuit Judge Niclas Parry said Brick had caused "havoc and existent fear". The nationalist were acrophobic astatine seeing a antheral successful a balaclava, carrying 2 guns, going towards a superior school, helium said.

Judge Parry said: "It is indicative of the satellite we unrecorded successful that members of the nationalist could adjacent ideate that determination could beryllium a wide sidesplitting of children astatine a schoolhouse - but that's the satellite we unrecorded in.

"Police resources were wasted, equipped constabulary were called and roads cordoned off.

"But the world is this was a much pathetic scenario. You were acceptable to endanger anybody who didn't similar your canine - and that's what it boils down to."

Brick admitted possessing ammunition for a firearm without a certificate; possessing an imitation firearm with intent to origin fearfulness of violence; and possessing an imitation firearm successful a nationalist place.

Taking into relationship Brick's mitigation - helium had been surviving an isolated beingness recently, with cause issues, surviving with his begetter and grandmother.

He had been deed hard by the decease of his mother, but was making efforts to code his cause taking.

Judge Parry gave him a six period sentence, suspended for 18 months, with rehabilitation and cause rehabilitation requirements.