Crime & Safety
Armed Man At San Diego's Chollas-Mead Elementary School Arrested: UPDATE
BREAKING: Chollas-Mead Elementary School in San Diego was on lockdown Wednesday after a man was seen with a knife on top of the school.
SAN DIEGO, CA – Police arrested an armed man at an elementary school in San Diego's Chollas View community Wednesday after a school lockdown and 90-minute law enforcement standoff.
School officials called police about 10 a.m. after seeing an agitated, knife-wielding man pacing on top of Chollas-Mead Elementary School in the 4500 block of Market Street, according to San Diego police.
The incident promoted a school lockdown. Administrators had teachers secure themselves and their students in their classrooms as patrol personnel were en route to the site.
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In a social media post, San Diego Unified School District said all students were safe. The school district also asked parents to not go to the school.
Officers climbed onto the building where the man, whose name was not immediately available, was perched and tried to persuade him to drop his weapon and surrender, SDPD spokesman Joshua Hodge said.
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The stalemate continued until about 11:30 a.m., when the personnel charged the man, tackled him and restrained him.
No injuries were reported.
Chollas-Mead is currently in a lockdown. All students are safe. Parents, we ask that you do not go to the school.
— San Diego Unified (@sdschools) February 1, 2017
City News Service contributed to this story.
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