College students and employees at Riverside Metropolis School had been instructed to shelter in place Tuesday morning after an individual with a knife was chased off the campus by police, in response to authorities.
The group school issued a campuswide alert shortly after 9:30 a.m. for college kids and employees to shelter in place. The faculty mentioned the incident happened close to the soccer area and reaffirmed the lockdown was nonetheless in impact in a later social media publish.
Riverside Metropolis Police Officer Ryan Railsback mentioned campus police acquired studies of an individual armed with a knife and chased the suspect off campus and into a close-by drainage canal that borders the school.
Police are attempting to steer the suspect to return out of the drainage canal and give up, Railsback mentioned, including that the suspect is remoted from the school campus and different close by faculties.
Riverside Metropolis School police didn’t instantly reply to request for info. Sgt. Deirdre Vickers, a Riverside County Sheriff’s Division spokesperson, mentioned deputies had been on their means to offer help to the campus police.
