'Working together, everyone saved the day.' - Greg Burton, chief of the county's public schools police
The incident started about 2:40 p.m. when the man approached the school and tried to get in a door, Greene said. Someone spotted him trying to get in. But all school doors were locked as per district safety protocols, Burton said.
He left and was followed briefing by the school safety officer who then returned to the campus just blocks west of Roosevelt Boulevard to make sure he didn't come back, Burton said. School district police officers showed up and found him outside a nearby church. "As the subject came toward one of the police officers, the officer gave him verbal warnings to drop the ax," Burton said."... The subject threatened the officer with the ax. The subject was then shot at least one time."
Burton said it's not known if the suspect had any mental problems or what was his motive, but the Sheriff's Office will be investigating. He also couldn't confirm some reports that the suspect swung the ax at parents and chased some in the parking lot arriving to pick up their children.Parents received a 3 p.m. telephone call from the school, alerting them to the incident and saying the building was under lockdown, so"no one is allowed to enter or exit the school campus.
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