Knife-wielding Man Prompted Shelter-In-Place Orders In Alameda

ALAMEDA, CA — A man armed with a knife assaulted an Island High School student in the school's bathroom Friday morning, leading to a police search and shelter in place orders for ten Alameda schools.

Officials said west end schools were ordered to shelter in place for about an hour while police investigated.

The suspect approached the student around 8:45 a.m. "A brief struggle ensued before the suspect fled," Alameda police wrote in a news release. The student, only identified as a boy, suffered minor injuries.

School District spokeswoman Susan E. Davis told Patch, our schools drill for just such occurrences on a regular basis, and we are proud of the way our students and staff responded calmly and responsibly to this incident."

Police described the suspect as a white man in his 20s, approximately 5 feet 8 inches tall. He was last seen wearing a blue shirt and blue sweatpants.

Police hadn't said if he had been apprehend mid-day Friday and didn't immediately return a call asking for more information.

Encinal High School, Island High School, Paden Elementary, Ruby Bridges Elementary, Woodstock Child Development Center, Alameda Adult School, Alameda Science and Technology Institute, Academy of Alameda, NEA Community Learning Center, and Alameda Community Learning Center were all partof the shelter order, Alameda Unified School District reports.

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— Patch editor Bea Karnes and Bay City News contributed to this story; Image via Shutterstock