Domestic Violence Suspect Search Prompts Police Action, School Lockdown

LAKE FOREST, CA — An Orange County residential neighborhood went on lockdown as Anaheim SWAT officers were sent to handle a domestic violence suspect Thursday.

SWAT officers were sent to the area of South Barnett street, according to Anaheim Police Sgt. Daron Wyatt. The suspect was reportedly armed with a rifle, police said. Roosevelt Elementary School was temporarily on lockdown. All students were reported as safe and out of harm's way according to Anaheim Police. Katella High School was also on lockdown according to Facebook sources.

A woman called police at 8:48 a.m., alleging that her rifle-wielding boyfriend assaulted her in a home in the 800 block of South Barnett Street, according to Wyatt.

For about two hours, police made announcements over a loud speaker for the man to come out, but received no response.

Officers, in the meantime, got the woman to come out and she did not require medical attention, Wyatt said.

About 11:30 a.m., SWAT officers went into the home to conduct a room-for- room search for the suspect, who's believed to be in his 30s, Wyatt said. They were unsure if he was still inside the residence, the sergeant said.

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