NOW, THINGS BEEN -- THINGS SEEM TO BE COMING TO A HAPPY SITUATION.
A LOT OF HEARTS HEAVY AFTER YESTERDAY’S HORRIBLE FLORIDA SHOOTING.
THIS SITUATION WHICH COULD’VE BEEN MUCH WORSE IS COMING TO A PLEASANT SOLUTION.
WE ARE STILL TAKING A LIVE LOOK OVER THE AREA AS POLICE ARE STILL ON THE SCENE OF LOCH RAVEN HIGH SCHOOL.
NO INJURIES REPORTED.
THEY WERE ABLE TO LOCATE THAT STUDENT AS THE TACTICAL TEAM ENTERED THE BUILDING A LITTLE WHILE AGO -- FIND THE STUDENT AND THE BACKPACK WHICH REPORTEDLY HELD THE GUN THEY
WERE TALKING ABOUT.
THE SITUATION ENDING PEACEFULLY.
OBVIOUSLY, A LOT OF HARD WORK GOING INTO THE SITUATION.
POLICE WERE ON SCENE QUICKLY THERE.
THIS INFORMATION COMING FROM BALTIMORE CAI POLICE ABOUT THE SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER -- BALTIMORE COUNTY POLICE ABOUT THE SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER.
ONE PERSON IN CUSTODY AND NO INJURIES TO REPORT.
WE’RE GOING TO SEND IT BACK UP TO CAPTAIN ROY.
>> THEY’RE STARTING TO OPEN UP SOME OF THE ROADWAY HERE.
CROMWELL BRIDGE ROAD.
CAL PENN STILL REMAINS SHUT DOWN.
THE OFFICERS THAT HAD SET UP A PERIMETER, THEY HAVE PRETTY MUCH LEFT.
THE COMMAND CENTER THAT WAS ON CROMWELL BRIDGE ROAD HAS NOW BEEN DISMANTLED.
EVERYTHING IS WRAPPING DOWN.
WE ARE STILL IN THE PROCESS OF TRYING TO GET MORE.
NO INJURIES.
THE TACTICAL TEAM IS STILL ON CAL PENN ROAD.
TEAMS ARE GETTING READY TO GO BACK INTO SERVICE.
THEY ARE IN THE PROCESS -- WE ARE STILL MONITORING THE SITUATION.
IT LOOKS LIKE IT IS GOING TO BE A HAPPY OUTCOME.
I’M CAPTAIN ROY TAYLOR.
>> FROM THE AIR TO THE GROUND, WE HAVE REPORTER LLOYD BELZER.
WE’RE GOING TO CHECK WITH HIM.
>> WE ARE AT A STAGING AREA AT THE PARK-AND-RIDE OFF OF CROMWELL BRIDGE BOULEVARD OFF OF 695.
POLICE ACTIVITY IS KIND OF WRAPPING UP FOR THE DAY.
WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO CONFIRM THAT THE WEAPON THAT WAS CONFISCATED WAS A PELLET GUN.
IT WAS A PELLET GUN THAT WAS CONFISCATED FROM ONE STUDENT.
JOINING ME TO TALK MORE ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED HERE AND MORE ABOUT THE GUN IS A SPOKESPERSON FROM THE BALTIMORE COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT.
MAYBE CAN GET IS CAUGHT UP ON WHAT EXACTLY WE ARE DEALING WITH HERE AND EVERYTHING THAT UNFOLDED HERE IT --.
>> THE SITUATION STARTED -- THEY BELIEVED ONE OF THE STUDENTS HAD A HANDGUN.
WHEN THE SRL APPROACH THAT STUDENT, THE STUDENT FLED.
HE WAS UNABLE TO CONFIRM WHETHER OR NOT THERE WAS A GUN.
THAT INITIATED THE LOCKDOWN OF THE SCHOOL TO MAKE SURE ALL THE STUDENTS WERE CAP SAFE.
WHILE WE HAD THE LOCKDOWN IN PLACE, THEY SEARCHED THE SCHOOL.
WE DID KNOW THE IDENTITY OF THE STUDENT.
RELATIVELY QUICKLY, WE LOCATED THE STUDENT AND WE ALSO LOCATED A GUN.
THAT GUN IS A PELLET GUN.
IT IS A REALISTIC LOOKING PELLET GUN.
THE STUDENT IS BEING CHARGED AND HELD AT THIS TIME.
HE IS A 14-YEAR-OLD MALE STUDENT.
>> DO YOU KNOW HOW LONG IT TOOK THE OFFICER IN THE SCHOOL TO LOCATE THIS STUDENT OR HOW LONG IT WAS ON LOCKDOWN BEFORE THEY FOUND THE STUDENT ROUGHLY?
>> ABOUT HALF AN HOUR TO 45 MINUTES IS THE ENTIRE TIME THAT THIS ALL TOOK PLACE.
FROM THE TIME WE WERE NO DEBATED -- THE TIME WE WERE NOTIFIED UNTIL WE HAD THE STUDENT IN CUSTODY.
>> GIVEN WHAT HAPPENED IN FLORIDA, AND DID ANYTHING -- DID ANYTHING DIFFERENT HAPPENED TODAY AS FAR AS ANYTHING WAS HANDLED?
WAS THERE AN INCREASED POLICE PRESENCE?
HAD YESTERDAY’S EVENTS NOT HAPPEN, WOULD THIS HAVE BEEN HANDLED ANY DIFFERENTLY?
>> THE PROTOCOL IS THE SAME.
THE WAY THAT WE PRACTICE IS EXACTLY THE SAME.
NOTHING ABOUT YESTERDAY CHANGE ANYTHING ABOUT OUR RESPONSE.
WE PRACTICE THESE RESPONSES REGULARLY.
WE HAVE PRACTICES WITH REAL OFFICERS IN IT REAL SITUATIONS -- IN REAL SITUATIONS.
WE HAVE PROTOCOL FOR HOW TO HANDLE THESE SITUATIONS SHOULD THEY COME ABOUT.
YESTERDAY MADE NO DIFFERENCE IN HOW WE HANDLE THIS.
>> AGAIN, NOBODY INJURED.
IF YOU LOOK AT IT ON PAPER, IT IS GOOD THAT THE STUDENT SPOKE UP, RIGHT?
>> THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT WE NEED STUDENTS TO DO.
THAT IS THE REASON WHY WE HAVE THESE SROS IN THE SCHOOLS.
WE NEED STUDENTS TO COMMUNICATE WITH THEM.
THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED IN THIS CASE.
THIS WORKED OUT EXACTLY THE WAY IT SHOULD HAVE WORKED OUT.
THE SRO BEING TOLD.
US GOING IN AND SEARCHING AND FINDING THE STUDENT.
FINDING WHAT COULD’VE BEEN A REAL GUN.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US.
JUST TO RECAP, A STUDENT IN THE SCHOOL SALT WHAT TURNED OUT TO BE A PELLET GUN AND A BACKPACK -- STUDENT IN THE SCHOOL SAW WHAT TURNED OUT TO BE A PELLET GUN IN A BACKPACK.
IF YOU’RE GOING TO LOOK AT THIS FROM A -- FROM THE BACK BURNER HERE, THE STUDENT DID THE RIGHT THING AND MAYBE STOP SOMETHING MORE SERIOUS FROM HAPPENING.
THAT IS THE LATEST LIVE HERE.
WE WILL SEND IT BACK TO YOU GUYS IN THE STUDIO.
>> LET’S SEND THINGS UP TO THE SKY WITH CAPTAIN ROY TAYLOR.
>> WE ARE ACROSS THE STREET -- FROM THE HIGH SCHOOL.
SO THEY CAN RETRIEVE THEIR CHILDREN.
WE HAVE SOME VIDEO TO SHOW YOU UP ONE TACTICAL TEAM.
THE SWAT TEAM ENTERED THE SCHOOL TO DO THAT METHODICAL SEARCH.
FROM THE TIME THEY WERE NOTIFIED TO THE TIME IT WENT ON LOCKDOWN TO THE TIME IT TOOK TO OFFICERS TO DETAIN THE AREA TO SET UP THE PERIMETER AROUND THE SCHOOL.
THE TACTICAL TEAM STARTED DOING A METHODICAL SEARCH.
THE STUDENT WAS LOCATED ON THE THIRD FLOOR.
HE WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY ALONG WITH HIS BACKPACK.
THE WEAPON WAS FOUND IN THE BACKPACK.
NO ONE WAS HURT.
PARENTS CAN BREATHE A SIGH OF RELIEF.
BALTIMORE COUNTY POLICE ARE TELLING US.
THERE WAS A SWIFT RESPONSE OF PERSONNEL.
THEY GOT THE TACTICAL TEAM IN HERE TO DO A METHODICAL SEARCH.
NO ONE WAS INJURED.
THE INDIVIDUAL WAS ARRESTED SAFELY WITHOUT INCIDENT.
STUDENTS ARE SAFE. NONE OF THE STUDENTS WERE HURT.
WE ARE LOOKING LIVE HERE AT THE SCENE.-THEY STILL HAVE THE SRO O VEHICLE THERE.
COUNTY POLICE ARE STILL IN THE PROCESS OF CLEARING OUT THE AREA.
OVER THERE AT THE PARKING GARAGE OF CROMWELL BRIDGE ROAD.
ALL IN ALL, A HAPPY ENDING TO A STRESSFUL SITUATION.
REPORTING LIVE IN SKYCAM 11.
>> THIS LOCKDOWN WENT INTO EFFECT ABOUT AN HOUR AGO ACCORDING TO BALTIMORE COUNTY POLICE AT LOCH RAVEN HIGH SCHOOL.
IT WAS FIRST REPORTED THAT A STUDENT SHOWED A WEAPON TO ANOTHER STUDENT.
WE ARE TOLD THAT THE SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER RECEIVED INFORMATION FROM A STUDENT THAT HE WAS CONCEALING A GUN AND A BACKPACK.
THAT OFFICER APPROACHED THE STUDENT, BUT THE STUDENT FLED TO ANOTHER PART OF THE SCHOOL.
THAT STUDENT APPARENTLY HAD A PELLET GUN THAT OFFICER PEACH TOLD US WAS A REALISTIC LOOKING GUN IN HIS BACKPACK.
HE IS A 14-YEAR-OLD MALE WHO WILL BE CHARGED.
PARENTS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN A PLACE TO GO ARE ASKED TO GO TO THE ROCK CITY CHURCH AT 1607 CROMWELL BRIDGE ROAD.
CAPTAIN ROY IS SAYING THERE ARE STILL AREAS BLOCKED OFF AS POLICE ARE ON THE SCENE THERE.
THAT STUDENT WAS FOUND IN A CLASSROOM ON THE THIRD FLOOR WITH HIS BACKPACK.
POLICE WERE ABLE TO APPREHEND HIM.
AFTER YESTERDAY’S TRAGEDY IN FLORIDA, FEAR IS HEIGHTENED IN SITUATIONS LIKE THIS.
THIS IS THE BEST CASE SCENARIO.
NO INJURIES REPORTED HERE.
BALTIMORE COUNTY’S WORK -- BALTIMORE COUNTY SCHOOLS WERE SAYING THE LOCKDOWN WAS A PRECAUTION.
THAT SUSPECT IS IN CUSTODY.
THE 14-YEAR-OLD MALE IS APPREHENDED.
HE WILL BE CHARGED.
THE WEAPON WAS REPORTED AS A PELLET GUN -- A REALISTIC LOOKING ONE.
IT WAS ABOUT A 45 MINUTE PROCESS START TO FINISH.
FROM WHEN THEY WERE NOTIFIED THIS TO -- FROM WHEN THEY WERE NOTIFIED OF THIS TO WHEN THE TEEN WAS APPREHENDED.
LET’S CHECK BACK IN WITH CAPTAIN ROY.
>> SOME OF THE PARENTS ARE BEING ALLOWED ONTO SCHOOL PROPERTY TO PICK UP THEIR CHILDREN.
YOU CAN SEE THEM WORKING THEIR WAY AROUND THE ROAD.
AS YOU ARE TALKING BEFORE ABOUT IT BEING A PELLET GUN, PELLET GUNS NOWADAYS ARE SO REALISTIC.
I CAN TELL YOU FROM MY SITUATION OF BEING IN LAW ENFORCEMENT THAT THE PELLET GUNS AT A DISTANCE -- YOU CANNOT TELL THE DIFFERENCE IF IT IS REAL OR FAKE.
YOU HAVE HAD INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE SHOT AND KILLED BECAUSE THEY BRANDISHED A PELLET GUN.
THE OPPOSITE THOUGHT IT WAS A REAL WEAPON.
YOU DON’T HAVE TIME TO ANALYZE THE SITUATION.
THEY MAKE THEM SO REALISTIC NOW.
FROM WHAT WE ARE UNDERSTANDING FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT, IT LOOKED LIKE A REAL WEAPON.
THEY DID NOT TAKE ANY CHANCE.
YOU CAN SEE PARENTS LINING UP AND WAITING FOR DISMISSAL.
WAITING TO RETRIEVE THEIR CHILDREN HERE.
NO INJURIES REPORTED.
THE SUSPECT IS IN CUSTODY.
PARENTS CAN BREATHE A SIGH OF RELIEF.
THE OPERATION WORK AS PRESCRIBED.
A QUICK RESPONSE AND GETTING EVERYTHING SET UP AND FINDING THE INDIVIDUAL AND GETTING THEM INTO CUSTODY.
THAT IS ALL WE HAVE HERE FROM SKIED TEAM 11 AT THE PRESENT TIME.
I’M CAP AND ROY TAYLOR.
>> LET’S BACKTRACK FROM START TO FINISH.
IT WAS REPORTED AROUND LUNCHTIME NOON THAT A STUDENT WAS SHOWING ANOTHER STUDENT A WEAPON AT LOCH RAVEN HIGH SCHOOL.
A REESE -- A RESOURCE OFFICER WAS NOTIFIED.
THE SCHOOL WAS PUT ON LOCKDOWN AT THAT POINT.
THE TACTICAL TEAM ENTERED THE BUILDING ALL DRESSED UP AND READY TO GO THROUGH DIFFERENT LEVELS OF THE BUILDING.
THAT STUDENT WAS LOCATED INSIDE OF A CLASSROOM.
POLICE WERE ABLE TO APPREHEND THE SUSPECT WITH A BACKPACK.
WE ARE TOLD THAT STUDENT IS A 14-YEAR-OLD MALE.
HERE’S THE VIDEO OF THAT STUDENT BEING WALKED OUT JUST A SHORT TIME AGO.
WE ARE TOLD HE WILL BE CHARGED.
FROM START TO FINISH, OFFICER PETE FROM THE BALTIMORE COUNTY POLICE SAYS THIS TOOK ABOUT 45 MINUTES.
IT WAS GOOD COMMUNICATION FROM THE STUDENTS TO THE RESOURCE OFFICER TO CONTACT POLICE.
OFFICER PEACH TELLS US THAT WEAPON WAS A PELLET GUN BUT A REALISTIC LOOKING PELLET GUN.
THAT SUSPECT, A 14-YEAR-OLD MALE, IS IN CUSTODY.
WE’RE TOLD HE WILL BE CHARGED.
THE LOCKDOWN SEEMS TO BE OVER AT THIS POINT.
PARENTS ARE NOW GETTING TOWARDS THE SCHOOL AND PICKING UP STUDENTS.
WE’RE GOING TO KEEP YOU UPDATED ON THIS STORY.
WE WILL KEEP