Crime & Safety

Second Elementary School Locked Down

A janitor reports seeing two kids with an "unknown object," possibly a gun.

For the second time this week, an elementary school was locked down due to a man-with-gun sighting.

in Temecula locked down at 10:50 a.m. when a janitor reported seeing two young people with an "unknown object," said sheriff's Cpl. Courtney Donowho.

"As a precautionary measure, the school was placed on lock down until the report could be investigated," she said.

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Deputies scoured the area, but turned up nobody matching the description the janitor gave, the corporal said.

The school sent a phone call to parents explaining the school was locked down briefly, and no students were endangered.

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Another elementary school was locked down in Temecula on Wednesday for a similar reason. To read the story, .


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