Barricaded armed suspect prompts school lockdown, shelter-in-place order in Security-Widefield neighborhood.
Residents are shut in their homes and elementary school students are still on lockdown after a shelter-in-place order was issued earlier this afternoon for a neighborhood in Security-Widefield, according to Lt. Deborah Mynatt with the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office.
SWAT is among units on the scene in the 60 block of Easy Street, where an armed suspect is barricaded inside the residence after law enforcement received at least one 911 call reporting shots fired. No injuries have been reported.
The shelter-in-place order is in effect for the neighborhood, including the adjacent Goret and Willis drives. Two local schools were placed also placed on lockdown as a result of the incident.
Venetucci Elementary School was on a secure hold and had not yet been released as of 4:40 p.m., according to Mynatt.
The other school, Watson Junior High School, was letting out for the day when the first 911 call came in, Mynatt said.
Law enforcement responded to the scene on Easy Street after a 911 call around 2:20 p.m. reported felony menacing inside a home, according to Mynatt.
While deputies were responding, there was a different 911 call that reported shots fired.
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