The Coachella Valley Unified School District office was placed on a brief lockdown Thursday along with two of its schools in Thermal as deputies searched for at least one suspect in the area.
Around 1:22 p.m. Thursday, John Kelly Elementary, La Familia High School and the district office buildings were placed on a preventative lockdown due to the police activity, CVUSD public information officer Andrea Pasolini told City News Service. The lockdown was lifted by 1:54 p.m.
Pasolini said that deputies with the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department were in the area searching for one or two suspects in the area.
“The lockdowns were not related to school activity but rather to protect students and staff from the police activity in the area,” Pasolini told CNS.
The nature of the incident that occurred in the area was not immediately disclosed.