Overview
- LASD says a man fired a gun in a Santa Clarita school zone Wednesday morning before barricading himself inside a residence.
- Deputies, SEB/SWAT units and crisis negotiators established a perimeter, closed Pamplico Drive and evacuated adjacent homes.
- James Foster Elementary and other nearby campuses entered soft lockdowns as a precaution, and the district reports all students were safe.
- After roughly two hours, the suspect came out and surrendered to the arrest team; aerial video showed him emerging without pants.
- LASD says he was taken into custody for illegally discharging a firearm in a school zone, and a local report says an unoccupied vehicle was struck.