East Bay School Locked Down After Shooting Incident Nearby, Teen Arrested
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East Bay School Locked Down After Shooting Incident Nearby, Teen Arrested
"An elementary school in San Pablo was locked down for four hours as a precaution on Tuesday after gunfire rang out a block away Tuesday morning. The shooting incident occurred just before 9:40 am near the intersection of 20th Street and Sanford Avenue in San Pablo. Allegedly, a 16-year-old male suspect was seen pointing a gun and shooting at a vehicle with tinted windows."
"As the San Pablo Police Department explains in a release, "Both involved parties fled the scene, in opposite directions, immediately following the incident." Police arrived on the scene and found "multiple expended shell casings were located within the roadway," but no victims or suspects. The shooting occurred just about a block away from Downer Elementary School, and the campus was placed on lockdown as a precautionary measure."
"Detectives with the SPPD quickly developed leads that led them to the juvenile suspect, who is reportedly a student at Richmond High School. A search warrant was subsequently served at a residence on the 1800 block of Wilcox Avenue, and a 22-year-old male family member was taken into custody on suspicion of being an accessory to the shooting. Police also say that "evidence related to the initial shooting incident was recovered" at the residence,"
Gunfire rang out a block from Downer Elementary around 9:40 a.m., prompting a four-hour lockdown. Witnesses reportedly saw a 16-year-old point a gun and fire at a tinted-window vehicle; both involved parties fled. Police found multiple expended shell casings in the roadway but no immediate victims. Detectives traced leads to a juvenile who attends Richmond High School and served a search warrant at a Wilcox Avenue residence, where evidence related to the shooting was recovered and a 22-year-old family member was arrested as an alleged accessory. The juvenile was arrested at school and booked into juvenile hall; the investigation remains active.
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