Anderson Police officers placed Anderson Heights Elementary School and a nearby childcare center in lock down this morning at 9:30 a.m. and then the school was reopened at 10:45 a.m. according to Dr. Wesley Smith, Superintendent of the Cascade Union Elementary School District.
The Anderson Police Department had the school go into lock down when the California Highway Patrol began searching for a stolen vehicle from the Anderson area. The suspects, a male and a female, abandoned the vehicle and fled on foot near Bruce Street.
A CHP helicopter and a cruiser along with Shasta County Sheriff’s deputy units, Marshall’s office assistance and the Anderson Police looked for the suspects, which was reported later, had fled the scene. A citizen reported a close call as a vehicle ran a red light at North Street and State Route 273. At that point, a K-9 unit from Redding, which had been dispatched, was canceled, according to Anderson Police Officer Bryan Van Dyke.
Dr. Smith explained that all though there was no real danger to the Anderson Highs students, it was “a good test for our emergency procedures.”
The stolen vehicle was recovered. It was believed the suspects escaped in a second vehicle which ran the red light. The search called off when the CHP helicopter lost sight of them heading toward Redding.
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