Crime & Safety
Update: Report of Person With Rifle Prompts Lockdown at Skyline College
An armed person had been seen in the Sweeney Ridge park area heading toward the campus.
Update 8/8/13 8:30 p.m.
By Bay City News
San Bruno police searched the area around Skyline College and the San Francisco Jail looking for a man spotted holding a rifle this afternoon but did not locate him, police said.
The San Francisco Sheriff's Department received a report of a man with a rifle in the area around the jail at 3:55 p.m., San Bruno police said.
Around 4:20 p.m., authorities alerted school personnel that the man might be heading toward the campus, located at 3300 College Drive, spokeswoman Barbara Christensen said.
The community college is adjacent to the jail facility.
A lieutenant at the San Mateo County Office of Emergency Services said he received an alert advising people on campus to stay away from windows and lock all doors.
Police and sheriff's deputies searched the area including on the campus but did not find the man with a rifle, described as a white man in his early 40s wearing blue jeans, a blue plaid shirt and a baseball cap worn backwards, police said.
The lockdown was lifted by about 6:30 p.m. but the campus was closed for the night, Christensen said. Tonight was scheduled to be the last night of summer courses and it was unclear if those classes would be rescheduled.
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By Bay City News
Skyline College in San Bruno is on lockdown because of a report of a person with a gun in the area, a school spokeswoman said.
Around 4:20 p.m., San Francisco sheriff's officials and San Bruno police alerted school personnel about a report of somebody with a rifle heading toward the campus, located at 3300 College Drive, spokeswoman Barbara Christensen said.
The community college is adjacent to a San Francisco County Jail facility.
The report was that the armed person had been seen in the Sweeney Ridge park behind the campus, she said.
As of 5:15 p.m. the campus remained on lockdown.
A man answering the phone at the Skyline College Bookstore at about 5 p.m. said the bookstore was in lockdown.
"We just took in some people, right now we're just making sure that everyone is safe," he said before abruptly hanging up.
A lieutenant at the San Mateo County Office of Emergency Services said he received an alert advising people on campus to stay away from windows and lock all doors.
Patch will update this story as more information becomes available.
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