I saw several Sheriff's units heading that way with lights and sirens on, and the Sheriff's helicopter is currently circling overhead. School is due to get out for another hour or so, and things will get really crazy if the lockdown continues until then.
UPDATE: 2:10 - the helicopter is no longer circling overhead, but no word yet on whether the lockdown has been lifted.
UPDATE: 2:17 - this is purely anecdotal, but I just saw one of the neighbor kids who goes to Mission Viejo High come home, so I'm assuming the lockdown has been lifted. The usual news sources for Mission Viejo are a little slow getting any information out.
UPDATE: 2:25 - OC Register confirms the lockdown has been lifted.
Deputies locked down Mission Viejo High and other nearby schools for about an hour Tuesday while they searched the area for a man who tried to make his way into a house, authorities said.UPDATE: 4:30 - Mission Viejo Patch has more info.
The house appeared to be vacant, said Lt. Mike Peters of the Orange County Sheriff's Department, but the suspect ran away when he saw that someone else was already inside the house.
Deputies were called and began canvassing the area, searching for the suspect, Peters said. Because of the number of students, and because students were expected to be dismissed shortly, deputies asked that the nearby campuses be locked down.
"It was done for precautionary reasons," Peters said.
Students at La Paz Junior High School, La Paz Intermediate, and Esperanza Special Education School were also placed on lockdown.
The lockdown was lifted at about 1:45 p.m., Peters said.
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Thanks you - I have a kid there and you were the first to post the most info!
Yes, Ty! The school had no clue y they were on lockdown when I just called..lol
thankyou
that was creepy....
that was so scaryy!!!
there was another one today they said it was a bomb threat.
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