Mountain View High Locked Down During Burglary Suspect Pursuit

MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA — Mountain View High was temporarily on lockdown this afternoon in response to the pursuit of two residential burglary suspects in the area, school and police officials said.

“The police department has put us on lockdown,” a school official told Patch.

The school, located at 3535 Truman Ave. in Mountain View, went into lockdown at 1:10 pm, according to police. The lockdown was lifted at 1:50 pm, school officials said.

Around noon today, Los Altos Police Officers received a call from a resident reporting "suspicious individuals entering backyards" near the intersection of Newcastle Drive and Holt Avenue. A separate report indicated there was also a suspicious vehicle associated with those seen entering backyards.

Responding officers made contact with an individual inside the vehicle, and in the middle of the contact, officers received another report of suspects fleeing a backyard on Morton Avenue. Further reports indicated a residential burglary had occurred in the area of Newcastle Drive and Holt Avenue.

Shortly thereafter, police say, officers saw two people matching the suspects' description running into a backyard on Fallen Leaf Lane near Clay Drive. After Mountain View and Los Altos Police set-up a perimeter and began searching the area, officers found the two suspects and took them into custody.

The person in the vehicle was found to be in possession of a loaded firearm and was also taken into custody.

"Los Altos Police Department extends its thanks to Mountain View Police Department for their assistance with this investigation," the Department said in a statement provided to Patch Media. "Thanks also go out to the alert citizens who promptly reported the suspicious activity."

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