Students and staff at Riverside City College were told to shelter in place Tuesday morning after a person with a knife was chased off the campus by police.
Students and staff at Riverside City College were told to shelter in place Tuesday morning after a person with a knife was chased off the campus by police, according to authorities.
The community college issued a campuswide alert shortly after 9:30 a.m. for students and staff to shelter in place. The college said the incident took place near the football field and reaffirmed the lockdown was still in effect in a Riverside City Police Officer Ryan Railsback said campus police received reports of a person armed with a knife and chased the suspect off campus and into a nearby drainage canal.Riverside City College police did not immediately respond to request for information. Sgt. Deirdre Vickers, a Riverside County Sheriff’s Department spokesperson, said deputies were on their way to provide assistance to the campus police.
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