DATE AND TIME OF PRESS RELEASE:
February 29, 2012, 2000 Hours
Man with a gun call at East Avenue Middle School
On Wednesday 2/29/12, the Livermore Police Department received a 911 call from an adult on campus at East Avenue Middle School. The adult reported seeing a male suspect walking through the school hallway armed with a rifle. LPD officers responded to the school and began a search for the suspect. There was an after school program occurring on campus and the school immediately went into lockdown. All the students in the program were sequestered in one classroom with an adult advisor. Officers were able to make contact with the students and assure that they were ok. Officers remained with the students as other officers searched the campus. Officers were able to search the entire campus and did not locate anyone or any evidence.
The parents of the students who were on the campus were directed to a nearby shopping center where they were kept up to date on the progress of the search. The parents and students were reunited as soon as officers determined the campus was safe.
The Pleasanton Police Department and the California Highway Patrol assisted LPD with this call. East Avenue between Jensen St. and Hillcrest Ave. was closed for approximately three hours while the school was searched.
The Livermore Police Department appreciates the community’s cooperation in dealing with the closure of East Avenue and the assistance from the Livermore Valley Joint Unified School District Superintendent and her staff.
